برهوا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian بر (bar, “on”) and هوا (havâ, “air”).

Adjective

برهوا • (berhava)

1. blown away, blown up (literally into the air, or figuratively), destroyed

Descendants

• Turkish: berhava

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “برهوا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 263
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “berhava”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN