बरस برس ♣ Eng. water, wet

बरस برس ♣ Eng. water, wet

[baras], m. a year.

[◀MIA: Pk. varisa- m.n. ‘year’ ◀OIA varṣá- n. ‘year’ ŚBr. <√vr̥ṣ ‘rain’ ◀PIE *au̯(e)-, au̯ed-, au̯er- ‘to flow, to wet; water, etc.’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. water, wet, wash, winter ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. whiskey, vodka ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0147; (Turner, 1966) 11392, p.700; (MW, 1899) 0926, 1011; (Pokorny, 1959) 0078; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.522