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baraat

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: South-Asia

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: বরযাত্রী (borjatri) — a wedding procession
  • Gujarati: જાન (jān) — a wedding procession
  • Gujarati: વરાત (varāt) — a wedding procession
  • Hindi: बरात (barāt) — a wedding procession
  • Marathi: वरात (varāt) — a wedding procession
  • Punjabi: ਜੰਜ (jañj) — a wedding procession
  • Punjabi: ਬਰਾਤ (barāt) — a wedding procession
  • Punjabi: ਵਰਾਤ (varāt) — a wedding procession
  • Punjabi: جَنْج (jañj) — a wedding procession
  • Punjabi: بَرات (barāt) — a wedding procession
  • Punjabi: وَرات (varāt) — a wedding procession
  • Sanskrit: वरयात्रा (varayātrā) — a wedding procession
  • Saraiki: جَن٘ڄ — a wedding procession
  • Sindhi: ڄَڃَ (ǰaña) — a wedding procession
  • Telugu: బారత్ (bārat) — a wedding procession
  • Urdu: بَرات (barāt) — a wedding procession
  • Urdu: بارات (bārāt) — a wedding procession