बर्फ़ी

See also: बरफ, बर्फ़, and बरफ़

Hindi

Alternative forms

• बरफ़ी (barfī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian برفی (barfī). By surface analysis, बर्फ़ (barf, “ice, snow”) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bəɾ.fiː/, [bɐɾ.fiː], /bəɾ.pʰiː/, [bɐɾ.pʰiː]

Noun

बर्फ़ी • (barfī) f (Urdu spelling بَرْفی)

1. barfi (an Indian dessert)
   • 2021, “Srivalli”, in Pushpa: The Rise:

     तेरी झलक अशरफ़ी, श्रीवल्ली
     नैना मदक बर्फ़ी
     तेरी झलक अशरफ़ी, श्रीवल्ली
     बातें करे दो-हरफ़ी

     terī jhalak aśarfī, śrīvallī
     nainā madak barfī
     terī jhalak aśarfī, śrīvallī
     bātẽ kare do-harfī

     Your brilliance is like a gold coin, Srivalli
     Your eyes are barfis made of drugs
     Your brilliance is like a gold coin, Srivalli
     You talk just two letters
     

Declension

Declension of बर्फ़ी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बर्फ़ी barfī	बर्फ़ियाँ barfiyā̃
oblique	बर्फ़ी barfī	बर्फ़ियों barfiyõ
vocative	बर्फ़ी barfī	बर्फ़ियो barfiyo

Descendants

• → English: barfi

Further reading

• “बर्फ़ी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “बर्फी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3404
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “barfī”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 711