Etymology

burra

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Today it means: Big or important, used as a respectful honorific. Full definition →

Hindi बड़ा (baṛā) ← Prakrit 𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀟 (vaḍḍa) ← Sanskrit वृद्ध (vṛddha)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*werdʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranian*wr̥dᶻdʰás
  3. Sanskritवृद्ध (vṛddha)
  4. Prakrit𑀯𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (vuḍḍha)?
  5. Prakrit𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀟 (vaḍḍa)
  6. Hindiबड़ा (baṛā)
  7. English todayburra

Borrowed from Hindi बड़ा (baṛā, “large, important”).

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