بنارس

Persian

Etymology

From Hindi बनारस (banāras).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ba.naː.ˈras/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.nɑː.ɾäs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.nɑː.ɾäs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bä.nɑː.ɾäs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bä.nɔː.ɾäs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæ.nɒː.ɹæs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bä.nɔ.ɾäs]

Readings
Classical reading?	banāras
Dari reading?	banāras
Iranian reading?	banâras
Tajik reading?	banoras

Proper noun

Dari	بنارس
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Банорас

بنارس • (banâras)

1. Varanasi (a city in Uttar Pradesh, India, sacred to Hinduism and Jainism)

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀲𑀻 (vārāṇasī), from Sanskrit वाराणसी (vārāṇasī) (which is a metathesized form). Alternatively, named after the Rājā Bānār, who had rebuilt the city.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bə.nɑː.ɾəs/
• Rhymes: -əs

Proper noun

بَنارَس • (banāras) f (Hindi spelling बनारस)

1. Benares (a city in Uttar Pradesh, India)

Synonyms

• وارانَسی (vārānasī), کاشی (kāśī)

Derived terms

• بَنارَسی (banārasī)

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884), “بنارس”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 168
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “بنارس”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 119
• “بنارس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.