i read this piece at a speak easy today, about how much i love rain – its fragrance and sounds take me back to lahore. in the Q&A, i was asked about how many words there are for rain in urdu. since rain is so rare, and crucial, in the subcontinent perhaps we have more words for it than in english (famously, there are 50 eskimo words for snow). i asked my mom and dad and this is what we came up with. friends who are urdu speakers, can u think of more?
1) baarish
2) bundabandi
3) pohar
4) rimjhim
5) musaladhar
6) barkha
7) saanvan
8) bochharh
9) barsaat
10) baraan-e-rehmat
11) abr-e-karam
12) meenh
13) pani parna