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)

1. marriage procession from the groom's home to the bride's
2. (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)

References

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