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older brother

older brother noun: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older, brother. (This entry is a translation hub.).

Noun

older brother (plural older brothers)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older, brother. (This entry is a translation hub.)

older brother meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

older brother in Hindi

single-word translations
अग्रज agraj, भैया bhaiyā
multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
बड़ा भाई baṛā bhāī

older brother in Tamil

single-word translations
அண்ணா aṇṇā, அண்ணன் aṇṇaṉ
multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
மூத்த சகோதரன் mūtta cakōtaraṉ

older brother in Urdu

older brother
لالہ lāla

older brother in Bengali

single-word translations
দাদা dada, অগ্রজ ogroj
multi-word, compound-word or otherwise sum-of-parts translations
বড় ভাই boṛ bhai
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older brother in Telugu
అగ్రజుడు agrajuḍu
older brother in Malayalam
ചേട്ടൻ cēṭṭaṉ
older brother in Sinhala
අය්යා ayyā
older brother in Tagalog
kuya
older brother in Arabic
اَلْأَخ اَلْأَكْبَر al-ʔaḵ al-ʔakbar
older brother in Malay
abang
older brother in Indonesian
abang
older brother in Thai
พี่ pîi, พี่ชาย pîi-chaai
older brother in Vietnamese
anh, anh trai
older brother in Myanmar
အကို a.kui, နောင် naung, အစ်ကို ackui
Dhivehi
ބޭބެ bēbe

Forms of older brother

pluralolder brothers
alternative formelder brother

Questions about older brother

What does older brother mean?
Older brother means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see older, brother. (This entry is a translation hub.).
What is older brother in Hindi?
Older brother in Hindi is अग्रज (agraj), भैया (bhaiyā), बड़ा भाई (baṛā bhāī). See Older brother meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is older brother?
Older brother is a noun.
What is the plural of older brother?
The plural of older brother is older brothers.

Words near older brother in the dictionary

  1. oldens
  2. Oldenzaal
  3. older
  4. older adult
  5. older adults
  6. older brother
  7. older brothers
  8. older fashioned
  9. older sister
  10. older sisters
  11. older than dirt

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: older brother (page history and authors); لالہ (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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