English Explanatory Dictionary

baraat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

Word forms

baraat baraats

Etymology

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

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