Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

baraat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
baraat
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: वरयात्रा

Inflected Forms

baraats (plural)

Questions

What does baraat mean?
A wedding procession carried out by the bridegroom in North India, West India, and Pakistan.
Where does baraat come from?
It is traced to Sanskrit.

How to pronounce baraat

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