# برابر
## Old Anatolian Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَرَابَر (barābar).

### Adjective

برابر (beraber, barabar)
* equal
* on the opposite side of, opposite to
* together

### Adverb

برابر (beraber, barabar)
* together, united

### Derived terms

* برابرلق (barabarlık)

### Descendants

* Azerbaijani: bərabər
* Ottoman Turkish: برابر (beraber, barabar)
** Turkish: beraber
** → Aromanian: bara-bara
** → Bulgarian: бараба́р (barabár)
** → Ladino: baraber, barabar
** → Laz: ბააბეჲი (baabeyi)
** → Macedonian: барабар (barabar)
** → Romanian: bărăbar
** → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: бара̀бар
    Latin script: baràbar

### References

* Pomorska, Marzanna (2013) Materials for a Historical Dictionary of New Persian Loanwords in Old Anatolian and Ottoman Turkish from the 13th to the 16th Century (Studia Turcologica Cracoviensia; 13)‎, Kraków: Jagiellonian University Press, →ISBN, pages 35–36

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish برابر (beraber, barabar).

### Adjective

برابر • (beraber, barabar)
* equal
* on the opposite side of, opposite to
* together

### Adverb

برابر • (beraber, barabar)
* together
    Synonym: بله‌جه (bilece)

### Derived terms

* برابرلك (beraberlik)
* برابرله‌مك (beraberlemek)
* برابرلجه (beraberce)

### Descendants

* Turkish: beraber
* → Aromanian: bara-bara
* → Bulgarian: бараба́р (barabár)
* → Ladino: baraber, barabar
* → Laz: ბააბეჲი (baabeyi)
* → Macedonian: барабар (barabar)
* → Romanian: bărăbar
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: бара̀бар
    Latin script: baràbar

### References

* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “برابر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 258b
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “برابر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 743

## Pashto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /barɑˈbar/

### Noun

برابر • (barābár) m
* even
* equal

## Persian
### Etymology

From بر (bar) +‎ ا (â) +‎ بر (bar).

### Pronunciation

| Dari | برابر |
| Iranian Persian | برابر |
| Tajik | баробар |
* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ba.ɾɑː.βaɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bä.ɾɑː.bäɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [bä.ɾɑː.bäɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [bä.ɾɑː.bäɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [bä.ɾɔː.bäɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [bæ.ɹɒː.bæɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [bä.ɾɔ.bäɾ]

### Adjective

بَرابَر • (barâbar)
* equal
    Synonyms: مساوی (mosâvi), همچند (hamčand)
    Antonym: نابرابر (nâbarâbar)
    در مقابل قانون همه برابرند.dar moqâbel-e qânun hame barâbar-and.All are equal before the law.
** c. 1260, Rumi, “5:1619”, in The Masnavi:که برابر می‌نهد شاه مجید، اشک را در فضل با خون شهید.ke barâbar mi-nehad šâh-e majid, ašk-râ dar fazl bâ xun-e šahid.for the glorious King is ranking tears as equal in merit to the blood of the martyr.(adapted from the Reynold A. Nicholson translation)
* on the opposite side of, opposite to

### Adverb

بَرابَر • (barâbar)
* equally

### Noun

بَرابَر • (barâbar)
* time (used to express multiples)
    یکصد برابر ― yek-sad barâbar ― one hundred times
    در سوریه قیمت نان دو برابر قیمت پارسال است.dar suriye qimat-e nân do barâbar-e qimat-e pârsâl ast.In Syria, the price of bread is double that of last year.
* opposite side

#### Derived terms

* برابر شدن (barâbar šodan, “to become equal”)
* برابر کردن (barâbar kardan, “to compare; to make equal”)
* برابری (barâbari, “equality”)
* در برابر (dar barâbar-e, “against”)

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: բարեբար (barebar), բարաբար (barabar), բարեմբար (barembar), բարամբար (barambar)
* → Bengali: বরাবর (borabor)
* → Gujarati: બરાબર (barābar)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: बराबर (barābar)
    Urdu: بَرابَر (barābar)
*   * → Phalura: baraabár
*   * → Ushojo: برابر (barābar)
* → Kazakh: барабар (barabar)
* → Marathi: बरोबर (barobar)
* → Old Anatolian Turkish: برابر (beraber, barabar)
** Azerbaijani: bərabər
** Ottoman Turkish: برابر (beraber, barabar)
*** Turkish: beraber
*** → Aromanian: bara-bara
*** → Bulgarian: бараба́р (barabár)
*** → Ladino: baraber, barabar
*** → Laz: ბააბეჲი (baabeyi)
*** → Macedonian: барабар (barabar)
*** → Romanian: bărăbar
*** → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: бара̀бар
    Latin script: baràbar
* → Pashto: برابر (barâbar)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਬਰਾਬਰ (barābar)
    Shahmukhi script: بَرابَر (barābar)
* → Sindhi: بَرابَر
* → Swahili: barabara
* → Uyghur: باراۋەر (barawer)

## Punjabi
### Alternative forms

* بروبر (barobar)

### Etymology

From Classical Persian برابر (barābar).

### Adjective

برابر • (barābar) (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਰਾਬਰ)
* equal

## Sindhi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian برابر (barābar).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bərabər]

### Adjective

بَرابَر • (barābar) (Devanagari बराबर)
* smooth
* straight
* same
* equal

### References

* Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988) “بَرابَر”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

## Urdu
### Etymology

From Classical Persian برابر (barābar).

### Adjective

برابر • (barābar) (Hindi spelling बराबर)
* abreast
* level
* equal
* adjacent
* comparable
* similar

### Adverb

برابر • (barābar) (Hindi spelling बराबर)
* continuously, without interruption
* without delay

## Ushojo
### Etymology

From Urdu برابر (barābar).

### Adjective

برابر (barābar)
* level, equal, adjacent, comparable, similar, same
* healthy, right