شب برات

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شبِ برات (šab-i-barāt), ezafe compound of شب (šab, “night”) + برات (barāt) (from Arabic بَرَاعَة (barāʕa)).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃəb.eː.bə.ɾɑːt̪/

Proper noun

شب برات • (śab-e-barāt) m (Hindi spelling शब-ए-बरात)

1. The eve of mid-Sha'ban celebrated (mostly in South Asia, Central Asia, Iran, Iraq and Turkey) in commemoration of the dead by lighting up streets and cemeteries and preparing candies and confections (especially halwas).