phral

Balkan Romani

Alternative forms

pral (Bugurdži)

Noun

phral m

(Bugurdži, Crimea, Kosovo Arli, Macedonian Arli, Sepečides, Sofia Erli, Ursari) brother

Derived terms

Carpathian Romani

Alternative forms

pral (Gurvari, Hungarian Vend, Romungro)

Noun

phral m

(Burgenland, East Slovakia, Gurvari, Prekmurski, Veršend) brother
Synonym: (Veršend) gulo phral

Derived terms

Romani

Alternative forms

phal, pral

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ).^[1]^[2]^[3] Cognate with English brother.

Noun

phral m anim (accusative phrales, nominative plural phrala, accusative plural phralen)

brother^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
Coordinate term: phen

Declension

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Derived terms

Descendants

Angloromani: pal, palla, pel, pral, prala, pralla, pulu
- → English: pal
  - → Afrikaans: pêl
Caló: plal

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhrāˊtr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 552
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “phral”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 237a
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎^[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39
^ Milena Hübschmannová (2001 January) “Phral (Brother)”, in ROMBASE Cultural Database‎^[2], Prague, archived from the original on 19 October 2021
^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o phral, -es m. -a, -en”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 297a
^ Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “phral, ~a”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 154a

Sinte Romani

Alternative forms

pral

Noun

phral m

Derived terms

Vlax Romani

Alternative forms

pral (Kalderaš, Lovara)

Noun

phral m

(Banatiski Gurbet, Gurbet, Kalderaš, Lovara, Macedonian Džambazi, Sremski Gurbet) brother
1. (Sremski Gurbet) stepbrother
(Gurbet, Macedonian Džambazi) fellow man (also for a peer or friend)

Derived terms

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhrāˊtr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 552

[bi-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “phral”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 237a

[m-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎^[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39

[4] Milena Hübschmannová (2001 January) “Phral (Brother)”, in ROMBASE Cultural Database‎^[2], Prague, archived from the original on 19 October 2021

[5] Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o phral, -es m. -a, -en”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 297a

[6] Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “phral, ~a”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 154a

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