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Barkha
बरखाSay it BUR-khaa
- Meaning
- Rain; the rainy season (Hindi barkhā = barshā, Sanskrit varṣā) Platts, p. 147
- Say it
- BUR-khaa
- Written
- बरखा
- Other spellings
- Barkhaa
Barkha
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Barkha meaning
Barkha (बरखा) is a Hindu girl's name of Hindi origin (from Sanskrit).
Rain; the rainy season (Hindi barkhā = barshā, Sanskrit varṣā)
Barkha (बरखा) is the Hindi word for rain and the rainy season, a softened folk form of Sanskrit varṣā. Platts' Hindi dictionary lists barkhā as the same word as barshā, "rain; the rainy season". In North Indian poetry and song, barkhā ritu, the monsoon, is a season of longing and joy, and the word turns up in countless film songs. Baby-name lists give the name as "rain" or "monsoon", which matches the dictionary. The journalist Barkha Dutt is a well-known bearer.
Source: Platts, A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English (1884), p. 147 · entry barshā (barkhā p. 148) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Platts, barkhā, p. 148 · Platts, barshā, p. 147
Famous namesakes
- Barkha Dutt, Indian journalist
Spellings
Barkha · Barkhaa