برس

See also: ترش, ترس, پرش, پرس, برش, and bras

Balti

Etymology

From Classical Tibetan འབྲས ('bras).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brʌs/

Noun

برَس (bras)

1. rice

Burushaski

Etymology

Uncertain, but compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ras (“rice”), whence Tibetan འབྲས ('bras), Mizo rah, and Balti برس.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bras]

Noun

برس (bras)

1. rice

Malay

Noun

برس (plural برس-برس or برس۲, informal 1st possessive برسکو, 2nd possessive برسمو, 3rd possessive برسڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of beras‎

Persian

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برس

Wikipedia ^fa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French brosse.

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bo.ɹos], [bɹos]

Readings
Iranian reading?	boros, bros

Noun

برس • (boros or bros) (plural برس‌ها (boros-hâ))

1. brush

Etymology 2

See ارس (ors).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [buɾs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bʊɹs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bʊɹs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bʊɹs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [buɹs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [boɹs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [buɹs]

Readings
Classical reading?	burs
Dari reading?	burs
Iranian reading?	bors
Tajik reading?	burs

Noun

Dari	برس
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бурс

برس • (bors)

1. juniper

Urdu

Etymology

From Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bə.ɾəs/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -əs

Noun

برس • (baras) m (Hindi spelling बरस)

1. year