barafu

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barafu

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Borrowed from Omani Arabic برف (barf, “ice”), from Persian برف (barf, “snow”).

noun barafu

  1. class ix ice

In English

  • ice water in frozen form

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"barafu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/barafu. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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barafu. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/barafu

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"barafu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/barafu.

BibTeX
@misc{barafu_2026,
  title = {barafu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/barafu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Sw-ke-barafu.flac.