बरात

Hindi

Alternative forms

बारात (bārāt)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit वरयात्रा (varayātrā).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /bə.ɾɑːt̪/, [bɐ.ɾäːt̪]
Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

बरात • (barāt) f (Urdu spelling برات)

marriage procession from the groom's home to the bride's
(figurative) party, crowd

Declension

Declension of *बरात* (fem cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	बरात barāt	बरातें barātẽ
oblique	बरात barāt	बरातों barātõ
vocative	बरात barāt	बरातो barāto

Derived terms

बरात करना (barāt karnā)

Descendants

→ Gujarati: બરાત (barāt)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बरात”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 710