A type of wind or a direction term, particularly a westerly wind in maritime contexts, or relating to the west in some regional languages.
From Malay or other Southeast Asian languages where barat means 'west' or 'western direction,' used in navigation and maritime terminology.
In Southeast Asian maritime tradition, barat (west) is as fundamental to navigation as north and south are in English—entire navigation systems were built on these directional words!
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