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बृ ƣ br̤it, br̤it, िबतर् birt, िबरत birat, vulg. bart [S. वृ िƣ], s.f. State, condition; means of subsistence, livelihood, allowance, stipend, pension, income, estate, property, endowment; a religious endowment or grant; behaviour, conduct; right, custom, privilege;—supporters, clients:—br̤it-ćhand, s.m. A kind of Hindīmetre (consisting of four metrical lines or ćaraṇs, counted by syllables.. It is of three kinds: 1˚sam, or 'even,' having an equal number of syllables in each line; 2˚ardh-sam, 'half even,' having an equal number of syllables in the first and third, and in the second and fourth lines; 3˚bisham, 'odd,' having a different number of syllables in each line).
Origin: Hindi