বরফ

Bengali
বরফ

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian برف (barf), from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭯𐭫 (ʿpl /⁠wafr⁠/), from Old Persian *𐎺𐎳𐎼 (*v-f-r /⁠*vafraʰ⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *wafrah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wapras. Cognate with Assamese বৰফ (boroph), Bhojpuri बरफ (baraph), Hindustani برف / बर्फ़ (barf), Gujarati બરફ (baraph), Marathi बर्फ (barpha), Nepali बरफ (baraph), Punjabi ਬਰਫ਼ (baraf), Sindhi بَرْفَ (barfa).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /bɔɾopʰ/, [ˈbɔɾop], [ˈbɔɾopʰ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /bɔɹof/, [ˈbɔɹof]
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  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /bɔɾoɸ/, [ˈbɔɾoɸ], [ˈbɔɹoɸ]

Noun

বরফ • (boroph)

  1. ice
  2. snow
    Synonyms: তুষার (tuśar), হিম (him)
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