बारिश होना (baarish honaa)

verb A compound verb meaning 'to rain' -- बारिश (baarish, 'rain') paired with the intransitive verb होना (honaa, 'to happen/be'), the standard way Hindi expresses weather events.
Sense 1 : to rain, for rain to occur
verb, intransitive Used impersonally, with no grammatical subject doing the raining -- बारिश (baarish) itself is the grammatical subject and होना (honaa) agrees with it (feminine singular): बारिश हो रही है (baarish ho rahii hai, 'it is raining').
Synonyms: पानी बरसना (paanii barasnaa, colloquial), वर्षा होना (varshaa honaa, formal)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Delhi's monsoon (मानसून, maansoon) is a huge conversational topic every July-August -- बारिश हो रही है (baarish ho rahii hai) or बारिश आने वाली है (baarish aane vaalii hai, 'rain is coming') are things you'll hear constantly as people check the sky before stepping out. Note the related idiom बारिश में भीगना (baarish men bhiignaa, 'to get soaked in the rain'), a nostalgic, almost romantic image in Hindi film and song.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes try to build an English-style 'it rains' with a dummy subject like यह (yah); Hindi just makes बारिश (baarish) the subject, so 'यह बारिश होती है' is wrong -- say बारिश होती है (baarish hotii hai). 2) Because होना (honaa) is intransitive here, no ने (ne) is ever used, even in the perfective: बारिश हुई (baarish huii, 'it rained'), never 'बारिश ने हुई'. 3) For 'it started raining,' learners often say 'बारिश होना शुरू' instead of the natural compound बारिश होने लगी (baarish hone lagii, 'it started to rain') or बारिश शुरू हो गई (baarish shuroo ho gaii).
Sample Sentences:
दिल्ली में इस साल बहुत बारिश हुई। It rained a lot in Delhi this year.
(dillii men is saal bahut baarish huii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
बाहर बारिश हो रही है, छत्री ले लो। It's raining outside, take an umbrella.
(baahar baarish ho rahii hai, chhatrii le lo।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
जुलाई में यहाँ रोज़ बारिश होती है। It rains here every day in July.
(julaaii men yahaan roz baarish hotii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
लगता है शाम तक बारिश हो जाएगी। It seems it will rain by evening.
(lagtaa hai shaam tak baarish ho jaaegii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
आसमान में बादल छाए हैं, बारिश आने वाली है। The sky is overcast, rain is coming.
(aasmaan men baadal chhaae hain, baarish aane vaalii hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
काश आज बारिश न होती, तो हम पिकनिक पर जाते। If only it hadn't rained today, we would have gone on a picnic.
(kaash aaj baarish n hotii, to ham piknik par jaate।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
अगर बारिश हो जाए तो मौसम ठंडा हो जाएगा। If it rains, the weather will turn cool.
(agar baarish ho jaae to mausam thandaa ho jaaegaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
दोनों बारिश में भीगते हुए घर लौटे। The two of them returned home getting soaked in the rain.
(donon baarish men bhiigte hue ghar laute।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
मानसून के दौरान दिल्ली में भारी बारिश हुई थी। There had been heavy rain in Delhi during the monsoon.
(maansoon ke dauraan dillii men bhaarii baarish huii thii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
क्षेत्र में बारिश होने से सड़कों पर पानी भर गया। Due to the rain occurring in the region, the roads got flooded.
(kshetr men baarish hone se sadkon par paanii bhar gayaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
मौसम विभाग के अनुसार, अगले सप्ताह भारी बारिश होने की संभावना है। According to the weather department, there is a possibility of heavy rain occurring next week.
(mausam vibhaag ke anusaar, agle saptaah bhaarii baarish hone kii sambhaavnaa hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Verb (irregular)
infinitive: बारिश होना (baarish honaa)
infinitive oblique: बारिश होने (baarish hone)
habitual/simple (sg.m): बारिश होता (baarish hotaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m): बारिश होते (baarish hote)
habitual/simple (sg.f): बारिश होती (baarish hotii)
habitual/simple (pl.f): बारिश होतीं (baarish hotiin)
continuous (sg.m): बारिश हो रहा (baarish ho rahaa)
continuous (pl.m): बारिश हो रहे (baarish ho rahe)
continuous (sg.f): बारिश हो रही (baarish ho rahii)
continuous (pl.f): बारिश हो रहीं (baarish ho rahiin)
perfective (sg.m): बारिश हुआ (baarish huaa)
perfective (pl.m): बारिश हुए (baarish hue)
perfective (sg.f): बारिश हुई (baarish huii)
perfective (pl.f): बारिश हुईं (baarish huiin)
imperative (informal): बारिश हो (baarish ho)
imperative (neutral): बारिश होओ (baarish hoo)
imperative (formal): बारिश होइए (baarish hoie)
future (1sg.m): बारिश होऊँगा (baarish hooongaa)
future (1sg.f): बारिश होऊँगी (baarish hooongii)
future (1pl.m): बारिश होंगे (baarish honge)
future (1pl.f): बारिश होंगी (baarish hongii)
future (2sg.m): बारिश होगा (baarish hogaa)
future (2sg.f): बारिश होगी (baarish hogii)
future (2pl.m): बारिश होओगे (baarish hooge)
future (2pl.f): बारिश होओगी (baarish hoogii)
future (3sg.m): बारिश होगा (baarish hogaa)
future (3sg.f): बारिश होगी (baarish hogii)
future (3pl.m): बारिश होंगे (baarish honge)
future (3pl.f): बारिश होंगी (baarish hongii)
subjunctive (1sg): बारिश होऊँ (baarish hooon)
subjunctive (1pl): बारिश हों (baarish hon)
subjunctive (2sg): बारिश हो (baarish ho)
subjunctive (2pl): बारिश होओ (baarish hoo)
subjunctive (3sg): बारिश हो (baarish ho)
subjunctive (3pl): बारिश हों (baarish hon)