برہا

Urdu

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit विरह (viraha), probably from वि- (vi-) + रहस् (rahas, “deserted place”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɪɾ.ɦɑː/
• Hyphenation: بِرْ‧ہا

Noun

بِرْہا • (birhā) m (Hindi spelling बिरहा)

1. absence
2. separation (from a lover)
3. a genre of Bhojpuri folk music.

Declension

Declension of برہا

	singular	plural
direct	بِرْہا (birhā)	بِرْہے (birhe)
oblique	بِرْہے (birhe)	بِرْہوں (birhõ)
vocative	بِرْہے (birhe)	بِرْہو (birho)

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884), “برها”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “برہا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 150
• “برہا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• John Shakespear (1834), “برہا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 249
• “برہا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.