খোয়াব

Bengali

Alternative forms

খোওয়াব (khōōẇab)
খ্বাব (khwab)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian , from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭠𐭡 (hwʾb /⁠xvāb⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *hwápati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swap-, from Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“to dream”).[1] Doublet of স্বপ্ন (śopno) and শোয়া (śōẇa). Cognate with Hindi ख्वाब (khvāb)

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /kʰo̯ab/, [ˈkʰo̯ab]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kʰo̯ab/, [ˈkʰo̯ab]
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Noun

খোয়াব • (khōẇab) (objective খোয়াব (khōẇab) or খোয়াবকে (khōẇaboke), genitive খোয়াবের (khōẇaber), locative খোয়াবে (khōẇabe))

dream, illusion
গত নিশি খোওয়াবের খামখেয়ালীতে
goto niśi khōwaber khamkhealite
Last night, in the fickleness of dreams
- Kazi Nazrul Islam

Synonyms: স্বপ্ন (śopno), ভ্রম (bhrom)

References

Accessible Dictionary, “খোয়াব” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
Accessible Dictionary, “খোয়াব, খোওয়াব, খ্বাব” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 462

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[1] Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 462