burra

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Big or important, used as a respectful honorific. India,not-comparable
    — The most burra of burra sahibs resided in spacious, columned villas within the exclusive enclave of Alipore.

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *werdʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥dᶻdʰás
Sanskrit वृद्ध (vṛddha)
Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀠 (vuḍha)
Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (vuḍḍha)?
Prakrit 𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀟 (vaḍḍa)
Hindi बड़ा (baṛā)bor.
English burra
Borrowed from Hindi बड़ा (baṛā, “large, important”).
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