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)

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

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

Noun

برس (bors)

  1. juniper

Urdu

Etymology

From Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣa).

Noun

برس (baras) m (Hindi spelling बरस)

  1. year
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