Re: Digest Number 409

["Bharat Kapadia" <>]

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Ameer Ali bhai wrote:
>"Bharat Kapadia" Bhai bole :
>
>"Rawat bhaiya wrote:>"
>
>as far as i remember,
>during forties/fifties in Mumbai,
>people(males) from UP were called Bhaiya.
>
>Is Rawat from UP? !
>
>  ... Ameer ...
>
Ameer Ali bhai,

Bhaiya also means a brother, just as bhai means a brother. This is a sign of 
respect that people offer to each other, especially if they do not know the 
other person very well. (In which case, they would be friends and their 
banter would be friendly as opposed to respectful).

I do NOT know where Rawat bhai is from so I cannot tell, but when I was 
growing up in Bombay (Oops, Mumbai), we were taught to call somone bhaiya 
(or bhai) if he was elder to you or if you did not know him very well.

Haribol,
Bharat Kapadia
meri_dak@hotmail.com


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