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burra.

Big or important, used as a respectful honorific.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈbʌɹə/
  1. Big or important, used as a respectful honorific.

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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥dᶻdʰás Sanskrit वृद्ध (vṛddha) Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀠 (vuḍha) Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (vuḍḍha)? Prakrit 𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀟 (vaḍḍa) Hindi बड़ा (baṛā)bor. English burra Borrowed from Hindi बड़ा (baṛā, “large, important”).

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