برات

See also: تراب and تراث

Baluchi

Noun

برات • (barát)

  1. brother

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic بَرَاءَة (barāʔa, “license, patent”).

Noun

برات • (berât) (definite accusative براتی (berâtı), plural براوات (berevât))

  1. licence, permit, any legal document or artifact giving official permission to do something
    Synonym: تذكره (tezkere)
  2. patent, any official document granting an appointment, privilege, right, or some property
  3. charter, any document issued by an authority conferring rights and privileges on a person
Derived terms
  • اختراع براتی (ihtirâʼ berâtı, “invention patent”)
  • برات كیجه‌سی (berât gecesi, “the fourth Kandil night”)
  • براتلو (berâtlı, “holder of a licence or patent”)
  • سنجاق براتی (sancak berâtı, “licence of gauging”)
  • قونسلوس براتی (konsolos berâtı, “exequatur”)
Descendants
  • Turkish: berat

Further reading

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

برات • (berat)

  1. Berat (a city in south-central Albania)
Descendants

Further reading

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “برات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 351
  • Sezen, Tahir (2017), “Berat”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎[7], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 107

Punjabi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit वरयात्रा (varayātrā).[1]

Noun

بَرات • (barāt) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਰਾਤ)

  1. synonym of جَنْج (jañj, “wedding procession, baraat”)

Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Classical Persian برات (barāt).

    Noun

    بَرات • (barāt) f (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

    Declension of برات
    singular plural
    direct بَرات (barāt) بَراتاں (barātāṉ)
    oblique بَرات (barāt) بَراتاں (barātāṉ)
    vocative بَراتے (barāte) بَراتو (barāto)
    ablative بَراتوں (barātoṉ) —
    locative بَراتی (barātī) بَراتِیں (barātīṉ)
    instrumental بَراتے (barāte) بَراتِیں (barātīṉ)

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “varayātrā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 660

    Further reading

    • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “برات”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
    • “برات”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026

    Urdu

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Inherited from Middle Hindi برات (brat /⁠barāt⁠/) (c. 1693),[1] from Sanskrit वरयात्रा (varayātrā), a compound of वर (vará, “suitor, bridegroom, husband”) +‎ यात्रा (yā́trā, “journey”), literally “the groom's journey [to the bride]”.[2]

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bə.ɾɑːt̪/
    • Rhymes: -ɑːt̪
    • Hyphenation: بَ‧رات

    Noun

    بَرات • (barāt) f (Hindi spelling बरात)

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

    Declension

    Declension of برات
    singular plural
    direct بَرات (barāt) بَراتیں (barātẽ)
    oblique بَرات (barāt) بَراتوں (barātõ)
    vocative بَرات (barāt) بَراتو (barāto)

    Descendants

    • → Gujarati: બરાત (barāt)

    References

    1. ^ “برات”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “varayātrā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 660

    Further reading

    More information
    • “برات”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
    • 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.
    • Fallon, S. W. (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
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