baraat

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noun

A wedding procession carried out by the bridegroom in North India, West India, and Pakistan.

OriginHindustani ← Sanskrit वरयात्रा →
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Meanings

nounbaraat (plural baraats)

plural baraats

  1. South AsiaA wedding procession carried out by the bridegroom in North India, West India, and Pakistan.

    ‘There must be no lavish display of wealth, no big baraats or bands, exploding of fireworks and that kind of vulgarity.’

    2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 64

Origin

  1. Sanskritवरयात्रा
  2. Hindustani
  3. Englishbaraat

Borrowed from Hindustani بَرات (barāt) / बरात (barāt), ultimately from Sanskrit वरयात्रा (varayātrā).

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Translations

Bengali বরযাত্রী
  • বরযাত্রী (borjatri)a wedding procession
Hindi बरात
  • बरात (barāt)a wedding procession
Punjabi ਜੰਜ, ਬਰਾਤ
  • ਜੰਜ (jañj)a wedding procession
  • ਬਰਾਤ (barāt)a wedding procession
  • ਵਰਾਤ (varāt)a wedding procession
  • جَنْج (jañj)a wedding procession
  • بَرات (barāt)a wedding procession
  • وَرات (varāt)a wedding procession
Urdu بَرات, بارات
  • بَرات (barāt)a wedding procession
  • بارات (bārāt)a wedding procession

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

TarabataarabAtbara
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