خواب کردن

Persian

Etymology

From خواب present tense of خوابیدن + کردن

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xɑːb kʰäɾ.d̪än]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [xäw kʰä.d̪än]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [xɔːb̥ kʰäɾ.d̪än]

Readings
Classical reading? xāḇ kardan
Dari reading? xāb kardan
Iranian reading? xâb kardan
Tajik reading? xob kardan

Verb

خواب کردن • (xāb kardan) (Dari)

  1. (colloquial or informal) to sleep
    حالی برو خو کن، تو صبا مکتب داریālē burō xaw ku, tū subā maktab dārīgo to sleep, you have school tomorrow (Dari colloquial)
    حالا برو خواب کن، تو فردا مکتب داریhālā biraw xāb kun, tū fardā maktab dārīgo to sleep, you have school tomorrow (Dari, more formal)

Usage notes

  • While خوابیدن is seen as more formal, Speakers from Afghanistan more frequently use the derived compound verb خواب کردن (xāb kardan). Or colloquially, خو کدن (xaw kadan).

Conjugation

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