برهوا

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Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

برهوا (berhava)

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

Descendants[edit]

  • Turkish: berhava

References[edit]

  • 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