BrAtf m. [ BrAj-tfc pfzo° ; cf. Uṇ. 2. 96. ] 1 A brother. 2 An intimate friend or relation. 3 A near relative in general. 4 A term of friendly address (my good friend); BrAtaH kazwamaho Bh. 3. 37 ; 2. 34 ; tattvaM ciMtaya tadidaM BrAtaH Moha M. 3. — Dual . A brother and sister. [ cf. L. frater ; Zend bratar , Eng. brother .] Comp. — gaMDi, -gaMDika a. having ( pb ) only the name of a brother, a brother in mere name. — jaH a brother's daughter. — jAyA (also BrAturjAyA ) a brother's wife, a sister-in-law; Me. 10. — dattaM property given by a brother to a sister at the time of her marriage. — dvitIyA the second day of the bright half of Kārtika (when sisters invite their brothers to their houses and entertain them, who in their turn give them presents; the day seems to have been so called on account of Yamunā having entertained her brother Yama on that day; cf. yamadvitIyA ). — putraH (also BrAtuzputraH ) a brother's son. — (trI) a niece. — vaDUH a brother's wife. — BaginyO a brother and sister. — SvaSuraH elder brother of the husband. — hatyA fratricide.