برف

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See also: برقand ترف

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Persian برف(barf).

Noun[edit]

برف (berf)

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

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Descendants[edit]

  • Turkish: berf

Further reading[edit]

Persian[edit]

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

Dari برف
Iranian Persian
Tajik барф (barf)

برف (barf)

  1. snow

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Descendants[edit]

Punjabi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Persian برف(barf).

Noun[edit]

بَرف (barff (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਰਫ਼)

  1. snow

Sindhi[edit]

Noun[edit]

بَرْفَ (barfa) (Devanagari बर्फ़‎)

  1. snow

Southwestern Fars[edit]

Noun[edit]

برف (barf)

  1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv) snow

Urdu[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

برف (barff (Hindi spelling बर्फ़)

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

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