बरस

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi बरस (barasa), from Prakrit 𑀯𑀭𑀺𑀲 (varisa), semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣá). Doublet of वर्ष (varṣ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bə.ɾəs/, [bɐ.ɾɐs]

Noun

बरस • (baras) m (Urdu spelling بَرس)

1. year

   Synonyms: साल (sāl), वर्ष (varṣ)

   उसकी आयु केवल बीस बरस है।

   uskī āyu keval bīs baras hai.

   He is only twenty years of age.

2. (figurative, in the plural) a long time; ages

   मैंने उसे बरसों से नहीं देखा है।

   ma͠ine use barsõ se nahī̃ dekhā hai.

   I haven't seen him for ages.

Declension

	singular	plural
direct	बरस baras	बरस baras
oblique	बरस baras	बरसों barasõ
vocative	बरस baras	बरसो baraso

Declension of बरस (masc cons-stem)

See also

• (units of time) समय के मात्रक (samay ke mātrak); बरस (baras, “year”) / साल (sāl, “year”), मास (mās, “month”) / महीना (mahīnā, “month”), सप्ताह (saptāh, “week”), दिन (din, “day”), घंटा (ghaṇṭā, “hour”), मिनट (minaṭ, “minute”), सैकंड (saikaṇḍ, “second”)

Verb

बरस • (baras)

1. inflection of बरसना (barasnā):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular intimate present imperative

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “बरस”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 442.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बरस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 709
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बरस”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3396
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “बरस”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 502
• Platts, John T. (1884) “बरस”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 147
• “बरस”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “varṣá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 664

Old Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀭𑀺𑀲 (varisa), semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣá)

Noun

बरस (barasa) m

1. year

Descendants

• Hindi: बरस (baras)