different between bri vs brian

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *brina, from pre-Albanian *b?r?nos, from Proto-Indo-European *b?rendos (“stag, red deer”). Cognate to Messapic bréndon (“deer”), Thracian Brendike (Brendike), Swedish brinde (“elk”), Lithuanian bríedis (“elk”).Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h?b?rúHs (“eyebrow”), although the semantic development would be unique for this root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?i?/ (Standard, Tosk)
• IPA^(key): /b???/ (Gheg)
• IPA^(key): /b?i?/ (Gheg)

Noun

• bri m (indefinite plural brirë, definite singular briri) (Tosk)
• bri m (indefinite plural brina, definite singular brini) (Gheg)

1. horn
2. antler
3. rib

Declension

• (northeastern) Gheg declension:

Derived terms

• brith
• bori

Related terms

• brini (Gheg)
• brina (Gheg)

References

Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *bri? (“forest”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *brii? (“forest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bri?/

Noun

bri 

1. forest

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?b?i/

Noun

bri m (plural brins)

1. thread, strand
2. bit, modicum (a small amount of something).

Derived terms

• esbrinar

Further reading

• “bri” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bri” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “bri” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bri” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Garo

Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *Br?i¹ (“four”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-l?j (“four”). Cognate with Tibetan ??? (bzhi), Burmese ??? (le:).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bri/

Numeral

bri

1. four

Pnar

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *bri? (“forest, wild”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *brii?. Cognate with Khasi bri (“grove”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bri/

Noun

bri

1. place, area

Sranan Tongo

Verb

bri

1. Contraction of bribi.

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *br?gos (“strength”) (compare Old Irish bríg (“force, power”)), from Proto-Indo-European *g?rih?-g-, a suffixed extended form of *g?réh?us (“heavy”) (compare Latin gravis, Ancient Greek ????? (barús), and Sanskrit ???? (gurú).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bri?/

Noun

bri m (plural briau)

1. honour, esteem

Synonyms

• anrhydedd
• parch

Mutation

English

Etymology

From dialectal English, probably variant of brine (“to burn”), from brine (“a burning”), from Middle English brüne (“a burn, a burning”), from Old English bryne (“a burning, conflagration, fire, flame, heat, inflammation, burn, scald, torch, fervor, passion”), from Proto-Germanic *bruniz (“fire, burning”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?renu- (“burn, fire”). Cognate with Scots brin (“a flash”), Scots brin, bryne (“to be on fire, be inflamed, burn”), Old Norse bruni (“fire, burning”). More at burn.

Verb

brian (third-person singular simple present brians, present participle brianing, simple past and past participle brianed)

1. (dialectal, Northern England) To keep fire at the mouth of (as of an oven), to give light or to preserve heat.

Related terms

• brand

Anagrams

• Barin, Brain, Rabin, abrin, bairn, brain

Yola

Noun

brian

1. Alternative form of bryne