बर्फ़
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Hindi[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- बरफ़ (baraf)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed 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 Hindi) IPA(key): /bə.ɾəf/, [bɐ.ɾɐf], /bə.ɾəpʰ/, [bɐ.ɾɐpʰ], /bəɾf/, [bɐɾf], /bəɾpʰ/, [bɐɾpʰ]
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Noun[edit]
बर्फ़ • (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[edit]
Declension 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