berf

Meaning

snow

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɛɾf/

Etymology

Compare Central Kurdish بەفر (befr), Middle Persian 𐭥𐭯𐭫 (ʿpl /⁠wafr⁠/), Persian برف (barf).

Sentences

Berf û baran çi dikin ?

What do snow and rain do?

Îro berf û baran e.

Today it is snowing and raining.

Li welatê me berf kêm e.

There is little snow in our country.

Kengî berf û baran dibare?

When does it snow and rain?

Bi zêdebûna sermayê re , baran dibe berf .

With increasing cold, rain turns to snow.

Li şûna baranê de berf dibare, carinan jî dibe lehî .

Instead of rain, it snows and sometimes floods.

Ku berf diket, nava gund û bajar dihat birîn .

When it snowed, it was cut into villages and towns.

Li Navenda Kaşûnê ya Palandokenê niha berf nêzîkî metreyekê bilind bûye.

At the Kashun Center of Palandoken, the snow has risen to about one meter.