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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French brosse.

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? boros, bros

Noun

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

  1. brush

Etymology 2

See ارس (ors).

Pronunciation
 

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 (PK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -əs

Noun

برس • (baras) m (Hindi spelling बरस)

  1. year
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