bhai

What bhai means

bhai is written بھائی in the Urdu script and means brother in English. It is taught in the Family lessons under Core Family.

It is also used for: bro / mate (informal).

Note: Same word as "brother" but used as friendly address.

Forms of bhai

bhai is masculine and does not end in -a, so it stays bhai before a postposition and in the plural. Only the oblique plural changes: bhaiyon.

Gender is taken from the course word list. The postposition rule is explained on the postpositions page, and how gender works on the noun gender page.

bhai in example sentences

• میں تمہارے بھائی سے بڑا ہوں۔

  I am older than your brother. Tatoeba #4263206

• کیوٹو میں میرا بھائی استاد بن گیا۔

  My brother in Kyoto became a teacher. Tatoeba #1526991

• میرا بھائی ٹینس میں کبھی نہیں ہارا ہے

  My brother has never lost at tennis. Tatoeba #1434752

3 of 12 Tatoeba sentences that use bhai in this sense. Example sentences from Tatoeba, licensed CC BY 2.0 FR. Contributors are named on each sentence page.

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