برس

برس

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

Balti

Etymology

From Classical Tibetan འབྲས ('bras).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brʌs/

Noun

برَس (bras)

1. rice

Descendants

• Burushaski: برَس (bras) (Hunza dialect)

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Malay

Noun

برس (plural برس-برس‎ or برس۲‎, informal first-person possessive برسکو‎, informal second-person possessive برسمو‎, third-person possessive برسڽ‎)

1. Jawi spelling of beras

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Persian

Etymology 1

From French brosse.

Noun

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

1. brush

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾbwrs /aburs/, “juniper”). Ultimately of Semitic origin, found with consonant correspondence as if descended from Proto-Semitic in Akkadian 𒇷 (burāšu, “cypress”), Hebrew בְּרוֹשׁ‎ (bərṓš, “cypress”), Aramaic בְּרֹותָא‎ / ܒܪܽܘܬܳܐ‎ (bərōṯā, “cypress”). A prothetic variant is also encountered in Aramaic אברותא‎.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /buɾs/
• (Dari): IPA^(key): /bʊɾs/
• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /boɾs/
  • (Tehrani): IPA^(key): /boɾs/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /burs/

Noun

برس • (bors)

1. juniper

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Urdu

Etymology

From Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣa).

Noun

برس • (baras) m (Hindi spelling बरस)

1. year