See also: تراب and تراث

Baluchi edit

Noun edit

برات (barát)

  1. brother

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Church Slavonic Бѣлградъ (Bělgradŭ), from бѣлъ (bělŭ, white) + градъ (gradŭ, fortress, city), from Proto-Slavic *bělъ and *gordъ. Doublet of بلغراد.

Proper noun edit

برات (Berat)

  1. Berat (a city in Albania)

Descendants edit

  • Albanian: Berat

References edit

  • Sezen, Tahir (2017), “Berat”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 107

Punjabi edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Urdu بَرات (barāt), from Paisaci Prakrit, from Sanskrit वरयात्रा (varayātrā).

Noun edit

بَرات (barātf (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਰਾਤ)

  1. Synonym of جَنْج (jañj, wedding procession, baraat).

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian برات (barāt).

Noun edit

بَرات (barātf (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਰਾਤ)

  1. destiny; fortune
  2. piece of land or farm given as a prize by a monarch
    Synonym: جاگیر (jāger)
  3. pension

Declension edit

Declension of برات
dir. sg. بَرات (barāt)
dir. pl. بَراتاں (barātāṉ)
singular plural
direct بَرات (barāt) بَراتاں (barātāṉ)
oblique بَرات (barāt) بَراتاں (barātāṉ)
vocative بَراتے (barāte) بَراتو (barāto)
ablative بَراتوں (barātoṉ)
locative بَراتے (barāte) بَراتِیں (barātīṉ)
instrumental بَراتے (barāte) بَراتیں (barāteṉ)

Further reading edit

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “برات”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • برات”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

First attested in c. 1693 as Middle Hindi بَرات (barāt), inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit वरयात्रा (varayātrā), a compound of वर (vará, suitor, bridegroom, husband) +‎ यात्रा (yā́trā, journey), literally the groom's journey [to the bride].

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

بَرات (barātf (Hindi spelling बरात)

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

Declension edit

Declension of برات
singular plural
direct برات (barāt) براتیں (barātẽ)
oblique برات (barāt) براتوں (barātõ)
vocative برات (barāt) براتو (barāto)

Further reading edit

  • برات”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • برات”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “برات”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “برات”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879), “برات”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834), “برات”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “varayātrā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press