barafu

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Swahili[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Omani Arabic برف (barf, ice), from Persian برف (barf, snow).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

barafu (n class, plural barafu)

  1. ice

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Brook, Zev (2022), “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica[1], volume 10, issue 1, page 8 of 1-10: “‘Ice’, Sw barafu. From OAr barf (R: 41) / báraf (N: 84), from Persian barf ‘snow’.”