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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