ꠛꠞꠣꠚ

Sylheti

ꠛꠞꠣꠚ (boraf)

Etymology

From Classical Persian برف (barf). Cognate with Assamese বৰফ (boroph), Bhojpuri बरफ (baraph), Bengali বরফ (boroph), Hindustani / Hindustani, Gujarati બરફ (baraph), Marathi बर्फ (barpha), Nepali बरफ (baraph), Punjabi ਬਰਫ਼ (baraf), Sindhi بَرْفَ (barfa).

Noun

ꠛꠞꠣꠚ • (boraf)

1. frost
2. ice
3. snow

References

• Gwynn, Roger (2016) “boraf”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.