برف

See also: برق‎ and ترف‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian برف‎ (barf).

Noun

برف • (berf)

  1. snow, the frozen state of water that falls as precipitation
    Synonyms: ثلج‎ (selc), قار‎ (kar)

Derived terms

  • برفاب‎ (berfab, “melted snow”)
  • برفدار‎ (berfdar, “snowy”)
  • برفدان‎ (berfdan, “icehouse”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: berf

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭥𐭯𐭫‎ (ʿpl /wafr/), from Proto-Iranian *wafrah (“snow”). Compare Northern Kurdish berf, Central Kurdish بەفر‎ (befr).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /baɾf/

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Noun

Dari برف
Iranian Persian
Tajik барф (barf)

برف • (barf)

  1. snow

Descendants

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian برف‎ (barf).

Noun

بَرف • (barf) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਰਫ਼)

  1. snow

Sindhi

Noun

بَرْفَ (barfa) (Devanagari बर्फ़‎)

  1. snow

Southwestern Fars

Noun

برف (barf)

  1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv) snow

Urdu

برف (barf, "snow") laying beneath trees in a valley in Gilgit-Baltistan

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَرْف‎ (barf), derived from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭯𐭫‎ (ʿpl /wafr/), from Proto-Iranian *wafrah (“snow”) ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wapras. Cognate with Wakhi ورف‎ (warf), Pashto واوره‎ (wâwra) and Baluchi برپ‎ (barp).

Pronunciation

Noun

برف • (barf) f (Hindi spelling बर्फ़)

  1. snow
  2. ice
  3. (figurative) cold, frigid
  4. (figurative) white, shiny, glimmering

Derived terms

  • بَرْفاب‎ (barfāb)
  • بَرْف َانی‎ (barf anī)
  • بَرْف باری‎ (barf bārī)
  • بَرْف بَرَسْنا‎ (barf barasnā)
  • بَرْف پَرْورْدَہ‎ (barf parvarda)
  • بَرْف پَڑْنا‎ (barf parnā)
  • بَرْف پوش‎ (barf pōš)
  • بَرْف پِینا‎ (barf pīnā)
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