cousin brother

noun

A male first cousin.

OriginIndo-Aryan ← Punjabi ਚਾਚੇਰਾ ਭਰਾ ← Hindi चाचेरा भाई →
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Meanings

nouncousin brother (plural cousin brothers)

plural cousin brothers · alternative cousin-brother

  1. South AsiaA male first cousin.

    "I was just recovering from the death of my close cousin brother," says Patil.

    2007, Deepa Venkataraman, "Brave Hearts," expressindia.com, Mumbai, 2 July
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    I got one cousin-brother. He dam rich. I speak him for the ten thousand rupees.

    1853, J. H. Stocqueler, The Old Field Officer or The Military and Sporting Adventures of Major Worthington, volume 2, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, page 3

    In Punjabi joint families, first cousins are considered siblings (cousin-sisters and cousin-brothers).

    2006, Nicola Mooney, “Aspiration, reunification and gender transformation in Jat Sikh marriages from India to Canada”, in Global Networks, volume 6, number 4, page 392

Origin

  1. Urduچاچیرا بھائی
  2. Hindiचाचेरा भाई
  3. Punjabiਚਾਚੇਰਾ ਭਰਾ
  4. Indo-Aryan
  5. Englishcousin brother

A semantic loan from respective Indo-Aryan languages' terms for cousin brothers. Compare Punjabi ਚਾਚੇਰਾ ਭਰਾ / چاچیرا بھرا (cācerā bhrā) and Hindi चाचेरा भाई / Urdu چاچیرا بھائی (cācerā bhāī).

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