خواب گاہ

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خْوَابْگَاه (xwābgāh). Equivalent to خْوَاب (xvāb, dream; sleep) +‎ گاہ (gāh, place; hall). Compare Punjabi ਖ਼ਾਬਗਾਹ (xābgāh) / خْوَاب گاہ (xvāb gāh).

Pronunciation

Noun

خْوَاب گاہ (xvāb gāhf (Hindi spelling ख़्वाबगाह)

  1. (archaic or formal) bedchamber; bedroom
    Synonyms: آرام گاہ (ārām gāh), شبستان (śabistān)
    • 1983, مرزا ادیب [Mirza Adeeb], ساتواں چراغ [sātvāṉ cirāġ, The Seventh Lamp]‎, →OCLC, page 198:
      اور یہ سوچتے ہی اس نے اپنی خوابگاہ کا دروازہ آہستہ سے کھولا
      aur yih socte hī us ne apnī xvābgāh kā darvāzah āhistah se kholā
      And while pondering over this, he slowly opened the door to his bedchamber
  2. (rare or perhaps figurative) burial ground, grave

Declension

    Declension of خواب گاہ
singular plural
direct خواب گاہ (xvāb gāh) خواب گاہیں (xvāb gāhẽ)
oblique خواب گاہ (xvāb gāh) خواب گاہوں (xvāb gāhõ)
vocative خواب گاہ (xvāb gāh) خواب گاہو (xvāb gāho)

Further reading

  • خواب+گاہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • KHvaab-gaah”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خواب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.