برکه

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بِرْكَة (birka).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /bir.ˈka/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɪɾ.kʰá]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɪɾ.kʰá]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [biɾ.kʰá]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [beɹ.kʰʲé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [biɾ.kʰá]

Readings
Classical reading^?	birka
Dari reading^?	birka
Iranian reading^?	berke
Tajik reading^?	birka

Noun

برکه • (birka / berke) (Tajik spelling бирка)

pond
Near-synonyms: تالاب (tālāb / tâlâb), دریاچه (daryāča / daryâče)

Related terms

Persian terms derived from the Arabic root ب ر ك (0 c, 5 e)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “برکه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim