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Persian
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 )
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 خواب ت 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 ?"
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 ?
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.
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.
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.
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?
Derived terms
به خواب رفتن ( ba xwāb raftan / be xâb raftan , “ to go to sleep ” ) خواب آمدن ( xwāb āmadan / xâb âmadan , “ to feel sleepy ” ) خواب از سر پریدن ( xwāb az sar parīdan / xâb az sar paridan , “ to awaken suddenly ” ) خواب بردن ( xwāb burdan / xâb bordan , “ to fall asleep ” ) خواب دیدن ( xwāb dīdan / xâb didan , “ to dream ” ) خوابیدن ( xwābīdan / xâbidan , “ to sleep ” )
تختخواب ( taxtixwāb / taxtexâb , “ bed ” ) خوابگاه ( xwābgāh / xâbgâh , “ dormitory ” ) خوابیده ( xwābīda / xâbide ) رختخواب ( raxtixwāb / raxtexâb , “ bedroll ” )
خفتن ( xuftan / xoftan , “ to sleep ” )
Descendants
Adjective
خواب • (xwāb / xâb )
asleep
References
^ 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
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dream
References
“خواب ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary , University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866 –1938
Urdu
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 • (xvāb ) m (Hindi spelling ख़्वाब )
dream
Synonyms: سپنا ( sapnā ) , رؤیا ( rū'yā )
sleep
vision , illusion
( 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.