also: さぶ
noun, interjection
cold; brr
Used as an exclamation when feeling cold, or as a noun meaning coldness. The interjection use is common in casual speech.
寒！今日は本当に冷えるね。
Brr! It's really chilly today.
朝の寒が苦手だ。
I can't stand the morning cold.
Derived from the adjective 寒い (さむい). The reading さぶ is an older form, now mostly dialectal or archaic.