شب برات
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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شبِ برات (šab-i-barāt), ezafe compound of شب (šab, “night”) + برات (barāt) (from Arabic بَرَاعَة (barāʕa)).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʃəb.eː.bə.ɾɑːt̪/
Proper noun
شب برات • (śab-e-barāt) m (Hindi spelling शब-ए-बरात)
- The eve of mid-Sha'ban celebrated (mostly in South Asia, Central Asia, Iran, Iraq and Turkey) in commemoration of the dead by lighting up streets and cemeteries and preparing candies and confections (especially halwas).