sibling barxâ, hamšir (#) Fr.: enfant de mêmes parents A person's brother or sister. M.E., from O.E. sibling "relative, kinsman," from sibb "kinship, relationship; love, friendship," cf. O.Saxon sibba, M.Du. sibbe, O.H.G. sippa, Ger. Sippe "kin, related," Icelandic sifi "related." Barxâ, from bar- first syllable of barâdar,
→ brother, + xâ-, short for
xâhar (xwâhar), → sister. |