परात

Hindi

पीतल की परात ― pītal kī parāt ― a copper platter

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese prato. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pə.ɾɑːt̪/, [pɐ.ɾäːt̪]

Noun

परात • (parāt) f (Urdu spelling پرات)

1. platter

Declension

Declension of परात (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	परात parāt	परातें parātẽ
oblique	परात parāt	परातों parātõ
vocative	परात parāt	परातो parāto

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati પરાત (parāt). Doublet of पात्र (pātra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə.ɾat̪/
• Rhymes: -at̪
• Hyphenation: प‧रात

Noun

परात • (parāt) f

1. a metal dish for kneading dough

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pā́tra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Berntsen Date, Molesworth, Tulpule/Feldhaus Vaze (2022) “परात”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Marathi Dictionaries]