خفتن
Arabic
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian [Term?] (/xuftan/), from Proto-Iranian *hwápati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swap-, from Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“to sleep”). Compare Manichaean Parthian xwsp- (xusp-), Northern Kurdish xew, xewn, Russian спать (spatʹ)و and Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”), whence hypnosis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [xuf.tan]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xʊf.t̪ʰän]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [xʊf.t̪ʰän]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [xuf.t̪ʰän]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xof.t̪ʰæn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χuf.t̪ʰän]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | xuftan |
| Dari reading? | xuftan |
| Iranian reading? | xoftan |
| Tajik reading? | xuftan |
Verb
| Dari | خفتن |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | хуфтан |
خفتن • (xoftan) (present stem خسپ (xosp))
- (archaic) to sleep
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “خفتن”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “xuftan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
- Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004) “xwsp-”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols
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