خواب

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word خواب. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word خواب, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say خواب in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word خواب you have here. The definition of the word خواب will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofخواب, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: جواب

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭠𐭡 (hwʾb /⁠xwāb⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *hwápati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swap-, from Proto-Indo-European *swep- (to dream).[1] Compare Sanskrit स्वप्न (svapna), Northern Kurdish xew, xewn, Russian спать (spatʹ), and Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos, sleep), whence hypnosis.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? xwāḇ
Dari reading? xāb
Iranian reading? xâb
Tajik reading? xob

Noun

Dari خواب
Iranian Persian
Tajik хоб

خواب (xwāb / xâb)

  1. sleep
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 26”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:
      سر فرا گوش من آورد، به آواز حزین
      گفت: ای عاشق دیرینه من خوابت هست؟
      sar farâ gôš-i man âward ba âwâz-i hazîn
      guft ay âšiq-i dêrîna-yi man xwâb-at hast?
      He brought his head close to my ear and, in a plaintive voice,
      Said, "Hey, old-time lover of mine, are you asleep ?"
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 464”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:
      چون من خیال رویت جانا به خواب بینم
      کز خواب می‌نبیند چشمم به جز خیالی
      čôn man xayâl-i rôy-at jân-â ba xwâb bênam
      k-az xwâb mê-na-bênad čašm-am ba juz xayâlê
      My love, how can I glimpse your face in dreams
      When my eyes cannot get but a single glimpse of sleep?
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
    • c. 1720, 'Abd al-Qādir Bēdil, دیوان بیدل [The Divān of Bēdil]:
      بیداری میان دو خواب است هستیم
      گرد تخیل دو سراب است هستیم
      bîdârî-yi miyân-i dô xwâb ast hastêm
      gard-i taxayyul-i dô sarâb ast hastêm
      There is wakefulness between two slumbers; that is us;
      There is the dust of fancies between two mirages; that is us.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  2. dream
    Synonym: رؤیا (ru'yā / ro'yâ)
    • c. 930, Rōdakī, دیوان رودکی [The Divān of Rōdakī]:
      این جهان پاک خواب کردار است
      آن شناسد که دلش بیدار است
      în jahân pâk xwâb kirdâr ast
      ân šinâsad ki dil-aš bidâr ast
      This world acts wholly like a dream;
      He whose heart is awake shall realize it.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
    • c. 1185, Shihāb al-Dīn Suhrawardī, پرتونامه [The Book of Illumination]:
      رئیس طبیعی شود عالم را، و او را از عالم اعلا نصرت رسد و سخن او در عالم علوی مسموع باشد، و خواب و الهام او به کمال رسد.
      ra'îs-i tabî'î šawad âlim râ, u ô râ az âlim-i a'lâ nusrat rasad o suxan-i ô dar âlim-i ulwî masmû' bâšad, u xwâb u ilhâm-i ô ba kamâl rasad.
      He shall become the natural ruler of the world; succor shall come to him from the sublime world, and his word shall be obeyed in the celestial world; his dreams and inspirations shall reach perfection.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 464”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:
      چون من خیال رویت جانا به خواب بینم
      کز خواب می‌نبیند چشمم به جز خیالی
      čôn man xayâl-i rôy-at jân-â ba xwâb bênam
      k-az xwâb mê-na-bênad čašm-am ba juz xayâlê
      My love, how can I glimpse your face in dreams
      When my eyes cannot get but a single glimpse of sleep?
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

verbs
others
  • خفتن (xuftan / xoftan, to sleep)

Descendants

Adjective

خواب (xwāb / xâb)

  1. asleep

References

  1. ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 462

Further reading

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خْوَاب (xwāb).

Pronunciation

Noun

The template Template:sd-noun does not use the parameter(s):
head=خُوابُ
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.

خواب (xuvābum (Devanagari ख़ुवाबु)

  1. dream

References

  • خواب”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 18661938

Urdu

Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ur

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خْوَاب (xwāb), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swap-, from Proto-Indo-European *swep- (to dream). Doublet of سپنا (sapnā).

Pronunciation

Noun

خْوَاب (xvābm (Hindi spelling ख़्वाब)

  1. dream
    Synonyms: سپنا (sapnā), رؤیا (rū'yā)
  2. sleep
  3. vision, illusion
  4. (figuratively) good news, glad tidings

Declension

    Declension of خواب
singular plural
direct خواب (xvāb) خواب (xvāb)
oblique خواب (xvāb) خوابوں (xvābõ)
vocative خواب (xvāb) خوابو (xvābo)

Further reading

  • خواب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • خواب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خواب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.