بره

Khalaj

Postposition

بَره (bərə) (+ ablative)

Arabic spelling of bərə (“since”)

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *varn-aka-, from Proto-Indo-European *urh₁en- (“ram”).

See also Mazanderani وره (vare),^[1] Sanskrit उरण (úraṇa), Central Kurdish بەرخ (berx), Northern Kurdish berx, Zazaki verek, Baluchi (gwarag), Ancient Greek ἀρήν (arḗn), Old Armenian գառն (gaṙn).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /baɾ.ˈɾa/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bär.rá]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bär.rá]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bär.rá]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæɹ.ɹé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɾ.ɾá]

Readings
Classical reading^?	barra
Dari reading^?	barra
Iranian reading^?	barre
Tajik reading^?	barra

Noun

بره • (barra / barre) (Tajik spelling барра)

lamb (young sheep)
fawn (young deer)
(for vines) pruning-hook
(of a garment) exterior surface

Proper noun

بره • (barra / barre) (Tajik spelling Барра)

Aries (zodiac sign)
Synonym: حمل (hamal, “more common”)

References

^ Talebi, Ali (2012), مشتی از مرواریدهای فراموش‌شده‌ی مازندران (فرهنگ واژگانی) [A Handful of the Forgotten Pearls of Mazandaran (Dictionary)]‎^[1], Amol, page 61

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “بره”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Bulkin, Carleton (2012), “بره”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “بره”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Southwestern Fars

Noun

بره (bara)

(Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) lamb