bhai

== English == === Alternative forms === bhau, vai (Benglish) === Etymology === Transliteration of Hindustani بھائی (bhāī) / भाई (bhāī) and other South Asian languages, ultimately from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ). Doublet of brother, bru, frater, friar, pal, and vai. === Noun === bhai (plural bhais) (North India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Hinglish, Benglish) friend, dude, man brother == Caribbean Hindustani == === Etymology === From Hindi भाई (bhāī). === Noun === bhai brother == Hlai == === Etymology === From Proto-Hlai *ɓəj (“bamboo raft”), from Pre-Hlai *Cəʔbəj (Norquest, 2015). Compare Proto-Tai *beːᴬ (“raft”) (whence Thai แพ (pɛɛ)), Middle Chinese 排 (MC beaj). === Pronunciation === (Standard Hlai, Baoding) IPA(key): /ɓai˥˧/ === Noun === bhai bamboo raft == Southeastern Tepehuan == === Etymology 1 === Cognate with Northern Tepehuan báji, O'odham bahi, Mayo buasia, Hopi kwasi (“penis”). ==== Noun ==== bhai (plural bhaabhai) tail === Etymology 2 === Cognate with O'odham s-bahi, Mayo buassi. ==== Adjective ==== bhai cooked ripe ===== Related terms ===== bhaayaꞌ === References === Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016), Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎[1], electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 32