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Urdu
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-nós Urdu سَپْنا (sapnā)
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्वप्न (svapna), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swápnas, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, from *swep- + *-nós. First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi سپنا (spna /sapnā/).[1] Doublet of خْوَاب (xvāb).
Cognates include Latin somnus, Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos), Old English swefn, and (English sweven).
Pronunciation
Noun
سَپْنا • (sapnā) m (Hindi spelling सपना)
- dream, reverie, vision
- Synonyms: خْوَاب (xvāb), (rare) رُؤیا (ruyā)
تھوڑی دیر کے بعد، اُن کے سپنے سچّے نکلے۔- thoṛī der ke ba'ad, un ke sapne sacce nikle.
- After a little while, their dreams became true.
Declension
References
- ^ “سپنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
Further reading
- “سپنا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “سپنا”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]