بره

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *varn-aka-, from Proto-Indo-European *urh₁en- (“ram”), whence also Sanskrit उरण (úraṇa), Central Kurdish به‌رخ‎ (berx), Northern Kurdish бәрх (berx), Ancient Greek ἀρήν (arḗn) and Old Armenian գառն (gaṙn).

Noun

Dari Persian	بره‎
Iranian Persian	بره‎
Tajiki Persian	барра (barra)

بره • (barre)

a lamb
the sign Aries
a fawn
a pruning-hook (for vines)
the exterior surface of a garment

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “بره+barra”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Southwestern Fars

Noun

بره (bara)

(Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) lamb

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