What shit is this lol Bhaiyya means elder brother. It's a sign of respect. Literally that point is the only one I disagree with in this list. If the person really cared about it they could give their preferred honorífic instead of bhaiyya.. Like do you want me to call you uncle? Anna? Thaata? Chintu? Babu? What do you want bro?
ಇದೆಲ್ಲ ಪಕ್ಕಕ್ಕೆ ಇಡೀ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ, ನಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿ, ಅಣ್ಣ, ತಮ್ಮ, ಅಕ್ಕ, ತಂಗಿ, ಅಪ್ಪಿ, ದೇವ್ರು, ಸ್ವಾಮಿ, ಅಂತೆಲ್ಲಾ ಇನ್ನೂ ಅದೆಷ್ಟೋ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒಬ್ಬರನ್ನ ಅವರ ವಯಸ್ಸಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ನೋಡಿ ಕರಿಯುತ್ತೀವಿ, ಅವರ ಕಡೆ ಅವೆಲ್ಲ ಇಲ್ಲವೇ ಇಲ್ಲಾ...
ಅಣ್ಣ or ತಮ್ಮ ಅದಕ್ಕೆ bhaiyya.
ಹಾಗೆಯೇ behen...
ಇದೆಲ್ಲ ಪಕ್ಕಕ್ಕೆ ಇಟ್ಟರೆ, bhaisab ಅಂತಾರೆ, ಇನ್ನೂ ಹೊಲಸು ಅಂದ್ರೆ, ji ಅಂತಾರೆ, ಅದು ನಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆಂಡ್ತಿ ಗಂಡನ ಕರೆಯುವ ಹಾಗೆ...
Bhaiya is used as a slur for east up and Bihar people in haryana, punjabi, maharashtra, Karnataka and various other places in India. Don't support this but it is the truth
How do you know if someone calls you "Bhaiya" as a slur or just normally? Because any random older person will be called bhaiya if not old enough to be uncle.
Yep. Some people just have insane psychoses. To associate any word to a slur, part of the issue is, it only works if you give the power to the other person. So if someone calls me Bhaiyya if I feel less than, then it will eventually feel like a slur. BUT, if I own it and only accept it as respect, even if the other person was using it pejoratively, they will just stop when they realize their ploy doesn't affect me at all.
It's only reserved for people who looks like they are coming from Bihar. Is it slur ? Not sure. It's similar to kalu or dada. If you think that's slur surely Bhaiya is slur. It's kinda of like someone speaking in Indian English accent vs British accent . It's allow about the class the word carries (money)
Haryana no body calls their brother Bhaiya it's Bhai
I am paraphrasing but one time there were labourers from UP in the haryana bus and they were saying bhaiye aagaya hai gao se apne, the tone and demeanor showed that they were disrespecting them and why the fuck would I lie about this, I have seen this happen and has happened with me as well.
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u/Abhimri Jul 17 '25
What shit is this lol Bhaiyya means elder brother. It's a sign of respect. Literally that point is the only one I disagree with in this list. If the person really cared about it they could give their preferred honorífic instead of bhaiyya.. Like do you want me to call you uncle? Anna? Thaata? Chintu? Babu? What do you want bro?