hwʾb

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Middle Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *hwápati (“to sleep”).

Noun

hwʾb • (xwāb)

  1. sleep

Descendants

  • Classical Persian: خْوَاب (xwāb) (see there for further descendants)

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “xwāb”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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