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: برس (bras), برَس (Hunza dialect)

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Malay

Noun

برس (plural برس-برس or برس۲, informal 1st possessive برسکو, 2nd possessive برسمو, 3rd 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

• Template:fa-pronunciation

Noun

برس • (bors)

1. juniper

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Urdu

Etymology

From Sanskrit वर्ष (varṣa).

Noun

برس • (baras) m (Hindi spelling बरस)

1. year