brother meaning in Sinhala
අය්යා ayyā
/ˈbɹʌðə//ˈbɹʌðɚ/
brother in Sinhala: අය්යා (ayyā), මල්ලි (malli). In English, brother means son of the same parents as another person.
Sinhala words for brother
- male sibling
- අය්යා ayyā, මල්ලි malli
English meaning of brother
- noun Son of the same parents as another person.
- noun A male having at least one parent in common with another person (see half-brother, stepbrother).
- noun A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.
- noun A form of address to a man.
brother in a sentence
- I would like to thank the brother who just spoke.
- Brother, can you spare a dime?
- Listen, brother, I don't know what you want, but I’m not interested.
Synonyms of brother
brother in other languages
- brother in Hindi
- brother in Tamil
- brother in Marathi
- brother in Urdu
- brother in Bengali
- brother in Telugu
- brother in Malayalam
- brother in Kannada
- brother in Punjabi
- brother in Gujarati
- brother in Odia
- brother in Sanskrit
- brother in Assamese
- brother in Nepali
- brother in Pashto
- brother in Tagalog
- brother in Arabic
- brother in Malay
- brother in Indonesian
- brother in Persian
- brother in Thai
- brother in Vietnamese
- brother in Myanmar
Questions about brother in Sinhala
- What is the meaning of brother in Sinhala?
- Brother in Sinhala is අය්යා (ayyā), මල්ලි (malli).
- brother යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
- Brother: අය්යා (ayyā), මල්ලි (malli).
- What does brother mean in English?
- Brother means son of the same parents as another person.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: brother (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sinhala words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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