बर्फ़

See also: बरफ़, बरफ, बर्फ, and बर्फ़ी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian برف (barf). Compare Gujarati બરફ (baraph), Marathi बर्फ (barpha).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bə.ɾəf/, [bɐ.ɾɐf], /bə.ɾəpʰ/, [bɐ.ɾɐpʰ], /bəɾf/, [bɐɾf], /bəɾpʰ/, [bɐɾpʰ]

Noun

बर्फ़ • (barf) f (Urdu spelling برف)

1. snow

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   कल यहाँ दो इंच बर्फ़ पेड़ेगी।

   kal yahā̃ do iñc barf peṛegī.

   Two inches of snow will fall here tomorrow.

2. ice

   Synonym: हिम (him)

3. ice cubes

Alternative forms

• बरफ़ (baraf)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “barf”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press