Persian · noun · Nature & the Garden
Baarish
बारिश
said BAA-rish
also written: barish, baaran, rain
Meaning
Rain; rainfall.
Literally: rain
Usage & notes
Baarish is the everyday word for rain, the falling shower itself — in the Indian register laden with the season's longing and release, the monsoon that breaks the heat and fills the earth. It carries the same charge of mercy and revival as the loftier baaraan. Iqbal's rain-imagery, in whichever register, makes the shower a figure of descending grace that brings the dry world and the thirsting self back to life.
Related words
PERSIAN
Baaraan
Rain, the water that falls from the clouds to quicken the earth.
URDU
Meenh
Rain (the colloquial Indic word).
URDU
Ghata
A dense rain-bearing cloud; a gathering dark cloud.
PERSIAN
Abr
A cloud, the mass of vapour that brings shade and rain to the parched earth.
SANSKRIT
Baadal
A cloud, the gathering of vapour in the sky that promises rain.