बर्फ़
Hindi
editAlternative forms
edit- बरफ़ (baraf)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian برف (barf). Compare Assamese বৰফ (boroph), Bengali বরফ (boroph), Gujarati બરફ (baraph), Marathi बर्फ (barpha), Nepali बरफ (baraph), Punjabi ਬਰਫ਼ (baraf), all Persian borrowings.
Pronunciation
edit- (Delhi) IPA(key): /bə.ɾəf/, [bɐ.ɾɐf], /bə.ɾəpʰ/, [bɐ.ɾɐpʰ], /bəɾf/, [bɐɾf], /bəɾpʰ/, [bɐɾpʰ]
Audio: (file)
Noun
editबर्फ़ • (barf) f (Urdu spelling برف)
- snow
- कल यहाँ दो इंच बर्फ़ पेड़ेगी।
- kal yahā̃ do iñc barf peṛegī.
- Two inches of snow will fall here tomorrow.
- ice
- Synonym: हिम (him)
- ice cubes
Declension
editDeclension of बर्फ़ (fem cons-stem)
Derived terms
edit- बर्फ़ी (barfī)
References
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “barf”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press