ܐܚܐ

Etymology
From, from ; compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬

Noun

 * 1) brother male sibling having parents in common
 * 2) * Proverbs 17:17:
 * "aii"
 * 1) * Proverbs 17:17:
 * "aii"

- ܚܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܒܟܠ ܙܲܒ݂ܢܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܡܲܚܸܒ، ܘܐܲܚܵܐ ܩܵܐ ܥܸܕܵܢܵܐ ܕܐܘܼܠܨܵܢܵܐ ܦܝܼܫܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܝܠܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ.


 * 1)  siblings
 * 2) kinsman, friend, companion
 * 3) monk, friar
 * 4)   (see usage notes below)

Usage notes

 * This term on its own is used both literally and figuratively; including full brothers, half-brothers and step-brothers.
 * The term used by old individuals to a male a lot younger than them is ܒܪܘܿܢܝܼ, and not this term.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) brother
 * 2)  siblings
 * 3) kinsman, friend, companion
 * 4) peer, colleague, associate
 * 5) neighbour
 * 6) monk, friar

Usage notes
The word is one of only three nouns in the entire language that have an irregular possessive stem ending in the letter Waw; the other two being  and.