برسات

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀲𑀸𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺 (vāsāratti), from Sanskrit वर्षारात्रि (varṣārātri, “the rainy season”). Cognate with Gujarati વરસાદ (varsād).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bəɾ.sɑːt̪/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

بَرْسات • (barsāt) f (Hindi spelling बरसात)

1. rain
2. monsoon

Declension

Declension of برسات

	singular	plural
direct	بَرْسات (barsāt)	بَرْساتیں (barsātẽ)
oblique	بَرْسات (barsāt)	بَرْساتوں (barsātõ)
vocative	بَرْسات (barsāt)	بَرْساتو (barsāto)

Synonyms

• بارِش (bāriś), وَرْشا (varśā)

Further reading

• S. W. Fallon (1879) “برسات”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 246
• Platts, John T. (1884) “برسات”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 147
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “برسات”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 109
• “برسات”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• John Shakespear (1834) “برسات”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 241
• “برسات”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.