Persian · Family & People
barādar
Brother
A male sibling — cognate with the English word brother.
برادرم در تهران زندگی میکند.
My brother lives in Tehran.
'برادر' (barādar) is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'brother' and is deeply woven into the cultural fabric of kinship terms in Persian.
This word is typically used in both spoken and written forms across all registers, integral to discussions about family ties and relations.