شب برات
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian شبِ برات (šab-e-brat), ezafe compound of شب (šab, “night”) + برات (brat, “lighting, illumination”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʃəb.eː.bə.ɾɑːt̪/
Proper noun
شب برات • (śab-e-barāt) m (Hindi spelling शब-ए-बरात)
- The eve of mid-Sha'aban celebrated (mostly in South Asia, Central Asia, Iran, Iraq and Turkey) in commemoration of the dead by lighting up streets and cemeteries and preparing candies and confections (especially halwas).