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baradari

baradari noun: a boxy building with twelve doors designed for free flow of air and excellent acoustics; similar buildings and pavilions with similar sets of openings.

baradari: a boxy building with twelve doors designed for free flow of air and excellent acoustics; similar...
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Noun (1)

baradari (plural baradaris)

  1. (South-Asia) A boxy building with twelve doors designed for free flow of air and excellent acoustics; similar buildings and pavilions with similar sets of openings.
  2. (South-Asia, historical) A palanquin with twelve openings, including entryways and windows; similar palanquins with similar sets of openings.
    • Bárádari is a kind of open palkí, and is so called from having twelve doors or openings.1877, D. B. Allen et al., “A Statistical Account of Bengal”, in Districts of Gayá and Sháhábád, volume 12, page 81

Noun (2)

baradari (countable and uncountable, plural baradaris)

  1. (South-Asia) A system of social strata that dictate political alliances among South Asian Muslims.

baradari meaning in Urdu, Punjabi and Persian

baradari in Urdu

Translations
بارہ دری

baradari in Punjabi

baradari
ਬਰਾਦਰੀ barādrī

baradari in Persian

Translations
برادری

Forms of baradari

pluralbaradaris
alternative formbara dari
alternative formbarahdari
alternative formbarah dari
alternative formbiradari
alternative formbiraderi
alternative formbradree

Origin of baradari

From Hindi बारादरी (bārādrī) and Urdu بارہ دری (bārɘdɘrī), from बारह (bārah) and بارہ (bārā, bārah, “twelve”) + दर (dar) and دَر (dar, “door”).

From Persian برادری (barâdari, “brotherhood”), from برادر (barâdar, “brother”) + ـی (-i, “-y, -hood”), q.v.

Questions about baradari

What does baradari mean?
Baradari means a boxy building with twelve doors designed for free flow of air and excellent acoustics; similar buildings and pavilions with similar sets of openings.
What is baradari in Urdu?
Baradari in Urdu is بارہ دری. See Baradari meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is baradari?
Baradari is a noun.
What is the plural of baradari?
The plural of baradari is baradaris.

Words near baradari in the dictionary

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  2. baracromian
  3. baracromians
  4. barad
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  6. baradari
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  8. Baradine
  9. barads
  10. baraesthesiometer
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Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: baradari (page history and authors); ਬਰਾਦਰੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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