baraat

baraat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बरात (barāt), Urdu برات‎.

Noun

baraat (plural baraats)

1. (South Asia) A wedding procession carried out by the bridegroom in North India, West India, and Pakistan.
   • 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin 2014, p. 64:

     ‘There must be no lavish display of wealth, no big baraats or bands, exploding of fireworks and that kind of vulgarity.’

An Indian baraat in the United Kingdom.

Anagrams

• taarab