Burra Din

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani بڑا دن / बड़ा दिन (baṛā din, literally “great day”).

Proper noun

Burra Din

1. (historical, Anglo-Indian) Any major European festival, especially Christmas Day.

Related terms

• burra-khana

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “Burra Din”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].