baradari

From Hindi बारादरी (bārādrī) and Urdu بارہ دری (bārɘdɘrī), from बारह (bārah) and بارہ (bārā, bārah, “twelve”) + दर (dar) and دَر (dar, “door”).

baradari (plural baradaris)

1. (South Asia) A boxy building with twelve doors designed for free flow of air and excellent acoustics; similar buildings and pavilions with similar sets of openings.
2. (South Asia, chiefly historical) A palanquin with twelve openings, including entryways and windows; similar palanquins with similar sets of openings.
   • 1877, D. B. Allen et al., “A Statistical Account of Bengal”, in Districts of Gayá and Sháhábád, volume 12, page 81:

     Bárádari is a kind of open palkí, and is so called from having twelve doors or openings.

• bara dari, barahdari, barah dari

From Persian برادری (barâdari, “brotherhood”), from برادر (barâdar, “brother”) + ـی (-i, “-y, -hood”), q.v.

baradari (countable and uncountable, plural baradaris)

1. (South Asia) A system of social strata that dictate political alliances among South Asian Muslims.

• biradari, biraderi, bradree

• arribada, barriada