ahiya vs bhai

ahiya

noun
  • the eldest brother 

  • respectful term of address for the eldest brother 

  • a young male senior (usually within the Chinese Filipino community) 

  • an elder brother 

  • respectful term of address for an elder brother 

  • respectful term of address for a young male senior (usually within the Chinese Filipino community) 

bhai

noun
  • brother 

  • friend, dude, man 

How often have the words ahiya and bhai occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )