# brother/translations

This page contains translations for brother. See the main entry for more information.

## English
### Noun
#### Translations

Aari: isimanna
Abkhaz: аиашьа (ajaša)
Acehnese: aduen
Adyghe: шы (šə)
Afar: saqal
Afrikaans: broer (af), boetie
Aghwan: 𐕛𐔼𐕖𐔼 (viči)
Ainu: ユポ (yupo) (elder)
Akkadian: 𒋀 (aḫu)
Albanian: vëlla (sq)
Amharic: ወንድም (am) (wändəm)
Andi: воцци (vocci)
Angor: ranihı
Apache:
Western Apache: bikʼisn
Arabic: أَخ (ar) m (ʔaḵ), شَقِيق (ar) m (šaqīq)
Egyptian Arabic: أخ m (ʔaḵḵ) (plural: إخوات (ʔixwāt))
Gulf Arabic: أخو m (ʔuḵu)
North Levantine Arabic: أخ m (ʔaḵḵ), خي m (ḵayy) ((Lebanon))
South Levantine Arabic: أخو m (ʔaḵu), أخ m (ʔaḵḵ)
Aragonese: chirmán (an) m
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܚܵܐ m (āḳa), ܐܲܚܘܿܢܵܐ m (āḳona)
Classical Syriac: ܐܚܐ m (ʾăḥā)
Jewish Aramaic: אַחָא m (ʾaḥā)
Archi: у́шду (úšdu)
Argobba: እህ (ǝh)
Armenian: եղբայր (hy) (eġbayr), ախպեր (hy) (axper)
Old Armenian: եղբայր (ełbayr)
Aromanian: frati (roa-rup) m, frate (roa-rup) m
Assamese: ভাই (bhai)
Asturian: hermanu (ast) m
Avar: вац (wac)
Aymara: jilata (ay), jila (ay)
Azerbaijani: qardaş (az)
Bakhtiari: گگه (gage)
Balinese: nyama muani
Baluchi: برات (barát)
Bashkir: ағай (ağay) (elder); ҡусты (qustı), эне (ene), мырҙа (mırźa) (younger)
Basque: anaia (eu) (brother of a male), neba (eu) (brother of a female)
Bavarian: bruada
Belarusian: брат m (brat)
Bengali: ভাই (bn) (bhai), (literary) ভ্রাতা (bn) (bhrata), বেরাদর (bn) (berador)
Bhojpuri: भाई (bhāī)
Bislama: brata
Breton: breur (br) m, breudeur (br) pl
Bulgarian: брат (bg) m (brat)
Burmese: အကို (a.kui) (elder), ညီ (my) (nyi) (younger), မောင် (my) (maung) (younger, for females)
Buryat: аха (axa) (elder), дуу (duu) (younger)
Carpathian Rusyn: брат m (brat)
Catalan: germà (ca) m
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴳⵎⴰ (gma)
Chakma: please add this translation if you can
Eastern Cham: please add this translation if you can
Western Cham: please add this translation if you can
Cham:
Chechen: ваша (vaša)
Cherokee: (opposite sex of speaker) ᎤᏙ (udo), ᏗᎾᏓᏅᏟ (dinadanvtli)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 哥哥 (go$^{1-4}$ go$^1$) (elder), 弟弟 (dai$^{6-4}$ dai$^{6-2}$) (younger), 兄弟 (hing$^1$ dai$^6$) (brothers), 大佬 (daai$^6$ lou$^2$) (elder), 細佬 / 细佬 (yue) (sai$^3$ lou$^2$) (younger), 阿哥 (aa$^3$ go$^1$) (elder)
Dungan: гәгә (gəgə) (elder), щүнди (xündi) (younger)
Hokkien: 阿兄 (zh-min-nan) (a-hiaⁿ) (elder), 小弟 (zh-min-nan) (sió-tī) (younger), 兄弟 (zh-min-nan) (hiaⁿ-tī) (brothers), 哥哥 (zh-min-nan) (ko--koh, ko-ko) (elder), 兄哥 (zh-min-nan) (hiaⁿ-ko) (elder), 大兄 (zh-min-nan) (tōa-hiaⁿ) (elder), 大哥 (tōa-ko) (elder)
Mandarin: 哥哥 (zh) (gēge) (elder), 弟弟 (zh) (dìdi) (younger), 兄弟 (zh) (xiōngdì) (brothers)
Teochew: 阿兄 (a$^1$ hian$^1$) (elder), 阿弟 (a$^1$ di$^6$) (younger)
Chinook Jargon: ow, kahpo
Chuvash: ар тӑван (ar t̬ăvan)
Comanche: tami (younger), pabi (elder)
Coptic: ⲥⲟⲛ (son)
Corsican: fratellu (co) m, frateddu (co) m
Crimean Tatar: ağa (elder brother; in the northern dialect: aqa), qardaş (younger brother), kadâ (in the northern dialect: mata)
Czech: bratr (cs) m, brácha (cs) m (colloquial), brat (cs) m (poetic), brater m (dialectal)
Dalmatian: frutro m
Danish: broder (da) c, bror (da) c
Dhivehi: ކޮއްކޮ (kokko), ބޭބެ (bēbe)
Dolgan: убай, бий
Dutch: broer (nl) m, broeder (nl) m (formal)
Dzongkha: བུ་སྤུན (bu spun), ཕོ་རྒནམ (pho rganm) (elder), ནུ་གཅུང (nu gcung) (younger)
Egyptian: (sn)
Elfdalian: bruor m
Erzya: леля (leľa), ялакс (jalaks)
Esperanto: frato (eo)
Estonian: vend (et), veli (et)
Even: акан (akan), нө (nö)
Evenki: акин (akin), нэкун (nəkun)
Ewe: nɔviŋutsu (brother), fo (elder brother), tsɛ (younger brother)
Faroese: bróðir (fo) m, beiggi (fo) m
Fataluku: kaka (elder brother), noko (younger brother)
Finnish: veli (fi)
French: frère (fr) m
Friulian: fradi m
Gagauz: kardaş, aga
Galician: irmán (gl) m
Ge'ez: እኅው (ʾəḫw)
Georgian: ძმა (ʒma)
German: Bruder (de) m
Alemannic German: Brüeder m
Gooniyandi: marna (elder)
Greek: αδελφός (el) m (adelfós), αδερφός (el) m (aderfós)
Ancient: ἀδελφός m (adelphós), κάσις m (kásis) (Poetic)
Greenlandic: qatanngut angut m, angaju, nuka, ani, aqqaluk
Gujarati: ભાઈ (gu) m (bhāī), માજાયો m (mājāyo), બંધુ m (bandhu), સહોદર m (sahodar)
Haitian Creole: frè
Hausa: ɗanuwa
Hawaiian: kaikuaʻana
Hebrew: אָח (he) m (akh)
Higaonon: sulud ma-ama
Hindi: भाई (hi) m (bhāī), भ्राता (hi) m (bhrātā), सहोदर (hi) m (sahodar), दादा (hi) m (dādā), भाऊ (hi) m (bhāū), वीर (hi) m (vīr), बंधु (hi) m (bandhu), भैया (hi) m (bhaiyā), भ्रातृ m (bhrātŕ)
Hungarian: fivér (hu), fiútestvér (hu), bátya (hu) (elder brother), öcs (hu) (younger brother)
Icelandic: bróðir (is), brói m (colloquial)
Ido: fratulo (io)
Igbo: nwanne nwoke
Ilocano: kabsat a lalaki, kabagis, manong (elder brother), ading a lalaki (younger brother)
Indonesian: saudara (id) n (male sibling), kakak laki-laki m (elder brother)* Indonesian: saudara (id) n (male sibling), kakak laki-laki m (elder brother), abang (id) m (elder brother), adik laki-laki m (younger brother)
Ingrian: veljä, veli, vello, velvyt, veikko, velipoika
Ingush: воша (voša)
Interlingua: fratre (ia)
Iranun: please add this translation if you can
Irish: deartháir m
Istriot: fra m
Istro-Romanian: fråte m
Italian: fratello (it) m
Jamaican Creole: broda, breda
Japanese: 兄弟 (ja) (きょうだい, kyōdai) (male sibling), 兄 (ja) (あに, ani) (elder), お兄さん (ja) (おにいさん, oniisan) (elder, honorific), 兄ちゃん (にいちゃん, nīchan) (big brother), 弟 (ja) (おとうと, otōto) (younger), ブラザー (ja) (burazā) (colloquial, ironic or humorous)
Javanese: kangmas m (elder brother), dimas m (younger brother)
Kabuverdianu: irmon, armun
Kalmyk: дү (dü)
Kannada: ಅಣ್ಣ (kn) (aṇṇa) (elder), ತಮ್ಮ (kn) (tamma) (younger), ಸಹೋದರ (kn) (sahōdara)
Karachay-Balkar: къарнаш (qarnaş) (Karachay), къарындаш (qarındaş) (Balkar)
Karelian: velli
Kashmiri: بوے (ks) (bōē)
Kashubian: brat m
Kazakh: аға (kk) (ağa) (elder), іні (kk) (ını) (younger)
Khmer: បងប្រុស (bɑɑng proh) (elder), ប្អូនប្រុស (pʼoun proh) (younger), ភាតរ (phéatrô), ភាតា (km) (phiətaa)
Khoekhoe: ǃgâsab
Komi-Permyak: вон (von)
Korean: 형제(兄弟) (ko) (hyeongje), 형(兄) (ko) (hyeong) (elder, of a male), 형님 (ko) (hyeongnim) (elder, of a male, honorific), 오빠 (ko) (oppa) (elder, of a female), 남동생(男同生) (ko) (namdongsaeng) (younger), 동생(同生) (ko) (dongsaeng) (younger sibling, both genders), 아우 (ko) (au), 브라더 (beuradeo) (colloquial, ironic or humorous), 오라버님 (orabeonim)
Kumyk: къардаш (qardaş), эр къардаш (er qardaş)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بِرا (ckb) (bira)
Laki: بِرا (ku) (bira)
Northern Kurdish: bira (ku) m
Southern Kurdish: بِرا (ku) (bira)
Kyrgyz: байке (ky) (bayke), ага (ky) (aga) (elder), ини (ky) (ini) (younger)
Ladin: please add this translation if you can
Ladino: ermano
Lak: уссу (us:u)
Lao: ອ້າຍ (ʼāi) (elder), ນ້ອງຊາຍ (nǭng sāi) (younger)
Latgalian: bruoļs
Latin: frāter (la) m, germānus (la)
Latvian: brālis (lv) m
Ligurian: fræ
Lithuanian: brolis (lt) m
Livonian: veļ
Lombard: fradell (lmo)
Low German: Broder (nds) m, Brauder m, Broer m, Bruer m
Luganda: ow'oluganda
Luhya: wandaywe©
Luxembourgish: Brudder (lb) m
Lycian: 𐊏𐊚𐊏𐊆 m (nẽni)
Macedonian: брат (mk) m (brat)
Maguindanao: pagali, lusud sa tian
Makasae: kaka (elder brother), noko (younger brother)
Malagasy: anadahy (mg)
Malay:
Jawi: ابڠ (ms) (elder), اديق للاکي (younger)
Rumi: abang (ms) (elder), adik lelaki (younger)
Malayalam: സഹോദരന് (sahōdaraṉ), ചേട്ടൻ (ml) (cēṭṭaṉ) (elder), അനിയന് (aniyaṉ) (younger), ഇക്ക (ml) (ikka) (used by Muslims)
Maltese: ħu (mt)
Manchu: ᠠᡥᡡᠨ (ahūn) (elder), ᡩᡝᠣ (deo) (younger)
Manx: braar m
Maori: tuakana (elder), teina (younger), tungāne (of a female), taina (younger, of a male), tuakana (elder, of a male), hāmua (elder)
Maranao: pagari
Marathi: भाऊ m (bhāū)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: иза (iza) (older brother), шольо (šoĺo) (younger brother)
Western Mari: ӹзӓ (ÿzä) (older brother), шоля (šoĺa) (younger brother)
Mauritian Creole: frer
Mazanderani: برار (berâr)
Mi'kmaq: nidap
Minangkabau: uda (min) (elder brother), udo (elder brother), ajo (min) (elder brother), ombak (min) (elder brother), uwan (min) (elder brother), uwen (elder brother), adiak (min) (younger brother)
Mirandese: armano m
Mòcheno: pruader m
Moksha: альняка (alnäka), пяльне (pälne)
Mon: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: ах (mn) (ax) (elder), дүү (mn) (düü) (younger), ах дүү (mn) (ax düü) (brothers in general but including both elder and younger brothers)
Nanai: ага (aga), нэил (neil)
Navajo: atsilí (younger), ánaaí (elder)
Neapolitan: frate m
Nepali: दाजु (ne) (dāju)
Nheengatu: mú (of a man), kiwira (of a woman)
Nivkh: асӄ (asq), асӄа (asqa), ыкын (əkən), ыкына (əkəna), атик (ațik)
North Frisian: brouder m (Mooring), bruler m (Föhr-Amrum), Bröđer c (Sylt)
Northern Ohlone: ták̄a (elder), táusíkís (younger), ká̄nak tausík̄is
Northern Sami: viellja
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bror (no) m, broder m
Nynorsk: bror m, broder m
Nupe: yégi bagi
Occitan: fraire (oc) m
Odia: ଭାଇ (or) (bhāi)
Ojibwe: nishiime (my younger brother), nisayenh (my elder brother), niijikiwenh
Okinawan: ゐきー (wikī) (of a female)
Old Anatolian Turkish: قردآش (qardaş), آغا (aġa)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: братръ m (bratrŭ)
Glagolitic: ⰱⱃⰰⱅⱃⱏ m (bratrŭ)
Old Czech: brach m
Old East Slavic: братъ m (bratŭ)
Old English: brōþor m
Old Javanese: ari
Old Norse: bróðir m, barmi m
Old Occitan: frayre
Old Prussian: brāti m
Old Saxon: brōthar m
Oromo: obboleessa
Ossetian: ӕнсувӕр (ænsuvær) (Digor), ӕрвадӕ (ærvadæ) (Digor), ӕфсымӕр (æfsymær) (Iron), ӕрвад (ærvad) (Iron)
Ottoman Turkish: آغا (ağa), قارداش (kardaş)
Pali: bhātar m
Pannonian Rusyn: брат m (brat)
Pashto: ورور (ps) m (wror)
Pennsylvania German: Bruder m
Persian:
Dari: بَرَادَر (barādar), لَالَا (lālā) (elder), اَخ (fa) (ax)
Iranian Persian: بَرادَر (barâdar), داداش (fa) (dâdâš), اَخ (fa) (ax)
Phoenician: 𐤀𐤇 (ʾḥ)
Piedmontese: frèl m, fradel m
Plautdietsch: Brooda (nds) m
Polabian: brot m
Polish: brat (pl) m pers, brachol (pl) m (colloquial), braciszek (pl) m (colloquial)
Portuguese: irmão (pt) m
Punjabi: ਵੀਰ (vīr)
Q'eqchi: as
Quechua: turi, wawqi
Rohingya: bai
Romagnol: fradël m
Romani: phral m
Kalo Finnish Romani: phaal m
Romanian: frate (ro) m
Romansch: frar m
Russian: брат (ru) m (brat), бра́тец (ru) m (brátec) (colloquial), брати́шка (ru) m (bratíška) (colloquial), брата́н (ru) m (bratán) (slang)
Saho: sacal
Samoan: uso
Sanskrit: भ्रातृ (sa) m (bhrātṛ)
Sardinian: fràde m
Scots: brither, brar
Scottish Gaelic: bràthair (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бра̏т m
Roman: brȁt (sh) m
Seri: aacaz (younger brother of a female)
Seychellois Creole: frer
Sicilian: frati (scn) m
Sidamo: rodo
Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
Silesian: brat m
Sindhi: ڀاءُ m
Sinhalese: අය්‍යා (ayyā) (elder), මල්‍ලි (malli) (younger)
Slovak: brat (sk) m
Slovene: brat (sl) m
Slovincian: brat
Somali: walaal
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: bratš m
Upper Sorbian: bratr (hsb) m
Southern Altai: ини (ini) (younger), ака (aka) (elder), карындаш (karïndaš)
Spanish: hermano (es) m
Sranan Tongo: brada
Sumerian: 𒋀 (ŠEŠ)
Sundanese: akang (su), aa (su), (elder brother) raka m, rayi, (younger brother) dédé m
Svan: მუხვბე (muxvbe) (for a brother), ჯჷმილ (ǯəmil) (for a sister)
Swahili: ndugu (sw), kaka (sw)
Swedish: bror (sv) c, broder (sv) c (elder/more formal), brorsa (sv) c (colloquial)
Tagalog: kapatid na lalaki (brother), kuya (tl) (elder brother), totoy (younger brother), diko (second eldest brother), sangko (third eldest brother), siko (fourth eldest brother)
Tajik: бародар (tg) (barodar), ах (tg) (ax)
Talysh: بوه (bəva) (Anbarani), برا (bərâ) (Asalemi)
Tamil: சகோதரன் (ta) (cakōtaraṉ), அண்ணன் (ta) (aṇṇaṉ) (elder), தம்பி (ta) (tampi) (younger)
Taos: pʼǫ́yna (younger), pòpóna (elder)
Tarifit: uma m
Tat: birar
Tatar: абый (tt) (abıy) (elder), абзый (tt) (abzıy), эне (tt) (ene) (younger)
Tausug: magolang, manghūd
Telugu: అన్న (te) (anna) (elder), తమ్ముడు (te) (tammuḍu) (younger), సోదరుడు (te) (sōdaruḍu) (somewhat formal)
Tetum: maun
Thai: พี่ (th) (pîi) (elder), พี่ชาย (th) (pîi-chaai) (elder), น้อง (th) (nɔ́ɔng) (younger), น้องชาย (th) (nɔ́ɔng-chaai) (younger), ภราดร (th) (pá-raa-dɔɔn), ภราดา (th) (pá-raa-daa)
Tibetan: ཇོ་ཇོ (jo jo) (elder), ཅོ་ཅོག (co cog) (elder), ཇོ་ལགས (jo lags) (elder, honorific), འོག་མ ('og ma) (younger), ནུ་བོ (nu bo) (younger), ཨོ་ལགས (o lags) (younger, honorific)
Tigrinya: ሓወ (ḥawä)
Tocharian A: pracar
Tocharian B: procer
Tongan: tokoua, tuonga'ane
Tundra Nenets: ня (nya)
Turkish: erkek kardeş (tr), kardeş (tr), birader (tr), ağabey (tr) (elder), abi (tr) (elder, colloquial), aga (tr) (colloquial, dialectal)
Turkmen: dogan
Turoyo: ܐܰܚܘܢܳܐ (aḥuno)
Tuvan: акы (akı), дуңма (duñma)
Udi: вичи (viči)
Udmurt: брат (brat), агай (agaj), нюня (ńuńa), вын (vyn)
Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎃 (ảḫ)
Ukrainian: брат (uk) m (brat)
Urdu: بھائی (ur) m (bhāī), بْھراتا m (bhrātā)
Uyghur: ئاكا (ug) (aka) (elder), ئىنى (ini) (younger)
Uzbek: aka (uz) (elder), uka (uz) (younger)
Venetan: fradèlo, fradelo m, fradel m, german m
Veps: veik
Vietnamese: anh (vi) or anh trai (vi) (elder), em trai (vi) (younger), em (vi) (younger sibling - brother or sister), (brothers) anh em (vi)
Volapük: blod (vo), (♂) higem (vo)
Võro: veli
Votic: velli
Walloon: fré (wa) m
Welsh: brawd (cy), brodyr (cy) m pl
West Frisian: broer (fy)
White Hmong: kwv, tij, kwv tij, tij laug, nus
Wolof: mag ju góor, ràkk ju góor, càmmiñ
Xârâcùù: bé
Xhosa: ubhuti, umntase, umnakwe
Yagnobi: буродар (burodar), вирот (virot)
Yakan: please add this translation if you can
Yakut: убай (ubay), бий (biy), быраат (bıraat), ини (ini)
Yámana: waym
Yiddish: ברודער m (bruder)
Yucatec Maya: íitsʼin (younger), sukuʼun (elder)
Yup'ik: anngaq
Záparo: kwiñu
Zazaki: bra m
Zhuang: beix (elder), nuengx (younger), beixneungx (brothers)
Zulu: ubhuti (zu) :
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