Bhātar [cp. Vedic bhrātar=Av. bratar, Gr. fra/twr, Lat. frater, Goth. brōpar=Ohg. bruoder, E. brother] brother, nom. sg. bhātā Sn 296; J i.307; PvA 54, 64; gen. sg. bhātuno ThA 71 (Ap. v.36), & bhātussa Mhvs 8, 9; instr. bhātarā J i.308; acc. bhātaraŋ Sn 125; J i.307; loc. bhātari J iii.56. -- nom. pl. bhātaroJ i.307, & bhātuno Th 2, 408; acc. bhāte Dpvs vi.21. <-> In cpds. both bhāti˚ (. bhātisadisa like a brother J v.263), and bhātu˚ (: bhātu -- jāyā brother's wife, sister-in-law J v.288; Vism 95). Cp. bhātika & bhātuka. On pop. etym. see bhaginī.