برس

See also: ترش, ترس, پرش, پرس, برش, and bras

Balti

Etymology

From Classical Tibetan འབྲས ('bras).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /brʌs/

Noun

برَس (bras)

rice

Burushaski

Etymology

Uncertain, but compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ras (“rice”), whence Tibetan འབྲས ('bras), Mizo rah, and Balti .

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bras]

Noun

برس (bras)

rice

Malay

Noun

برس (plural برس-برس or برس٢)

Jawi spelling of beras.‎

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French brosse.

Pronunciation

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bo.ɹos], [bo.ɹes]

Readings
Iranian reading^?	boros, bores

Noun

برس • (boros or bores) (plural برس‌ها (boros-ha or bores-ha))

brush

Etymology 2

See (ors).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈbuɾs/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bʊɹs]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bʊɹs]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [buɹs]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [boɹs]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [buɹs]

Readings
Classical reading^?	burs
Dari reading^?	burs
Iranian reading^?	bors
Tajik reading^?	burs

Noun


Iranian Persian	برس
Dari	برس
Tajik	бурс

برس • (bors)

juniper

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi बरस (barasa), from Prakrit 𑀯𑀭𑀺𑀲 (varisa), semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣá).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bə.ɾəs/
Audio (Pakistan): (file)
Rhymes: -əs

Noun

برس • (baras) m (Hindi spelling बरस)

year