خواب

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Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭠𐭡 (hwʾb /⁠xwāb⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *hwápati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swap-, from Proto-Indo-European *swep- (to dream).[1] Compare Sanskrit स्वप्न (svapna), Northern Kurdish xew, xewn, Russian спать (spatʹ), and Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos, sleep), whence hypnosis.

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Classical reading? xwāḇ
Dari reading? xāb
Iranian reading? xâb
Tajik reading? xob
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خواب (xwāb / xâb)

  1. sleep
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 26”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:
      سر فرا گوش من آورد، به آواز حزین
      گفت: ای عاشق دیرینه من خوابت هست؟
      sar farâ gôš-i man âward ba âwâz-i hazîn
      guft ay âšiq-i dêrîna-yi man xwâb-at hast?
      He brought his head close to my ear and, in a plaintive voice,
      Said, "Hey, old-time lover of mine, are you asleep [lit. is sleep upon you]?"
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 464”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:
      چون من خیال رویت جانا به خواب بینم
      کز خواب می‌نبیند چشمم به جز خیالی
      čôn man xayâl-i rôy-at jân-â ba xwâb bênam
      k-az xwâb mê-na-bênad čašm-am ba juz xayâlê
      My love, how can I glimpse your face in dreams
      When my eyes cannot get but a single glimpse of sleep?
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
    • c. 1720, 'Abd al-Qādir Bēdil, دیوان بیدل [The Divān of Bēdil]:
      بیداری میان دو خواب است هستیم
      گرد تخیل دو سراب است هستیم
      bîdârî-yi miyân-i dô xwâb ast hastêm
      gard-i taxayyul-i dô sarâb ast hastêm
      There is wakefulness between two slumbers; that is us;
      There is the dust of fancies between two mirages; that is us.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  2. dream
    Synonym: رؤیا (ru'yā / ro'yâ)
    • c. 930, Rōdakī, دیوان رودکی [The Divān of Rōdakī]:
      این جهان پاک خواب کردار است
      آن شناسد که دلش بیدار است
      în jahân pâk xwâb kirdâr ast
      ân šinâsad ki dil-aš bidâr ast
      This world acts wholly like a dream;
      He whose heart is awake shall realize it.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
    • c. 1185, Shihāb al-Dīn Suhrawardī, پرتونامه [The Book of Illumination]:
      رئیس طبیعی شود عالم را، و او را از عالم اعلا نصرت رسد و سخن او در عالم علوی مسموع باشد، و خواب و الهام او به کمال رسد.
      ra'îs-i tabî'î šawad âlim râ, u ô râ az âlim-i a'lâ nusrat rasad o suxan-i ô dar âlim-i ulwî masmû' bâšad, u xwâb u ilhâm-i ô ba kamâl rasad.
      He shall become the natural ruler of the world; succor shall come to him from the sublime world, and his word shall be obeyed in the celestial world; his dreams and inspirations shall reach perfection.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 464”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:
      چون من خیال رویت جانا به خواب بینم
      کز خواب می‌نبیند چشمم به جز خیالی
      čôn man xayâl-i rôy-at jân-â ba xwâb bênam
      k-az xwâb mê-na-bênad čašm-am ba juz xayâlê
      My love, how can I glimpse your face in dreams
      When my eyes cannot get but a single glimpse of sleep?
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

(verbs):
  • به خواب رفتن (ba xwāb raftan / be xâb raftan, to go to sleep)
  • خواب آمدن (xwāb āmadan / xâb âmadan, to feel sleepy)
  • خواب از سر پریدن (xwāb az sar parīdan / xâb az sar paridan, to awaken suddenly)
  • خواب بردن (xwāb burdan / xâb bordan, to fall asleep)
  • خواب دیدن (xwāb dīdan / xâb didan, to dream)
  • خوابیدن (xwābīdan / xâbidan, to sleep)
(others):
  • خفتن (xuftan / xoftan, to sleep)

Descendants

Adjective

خواب (xwāb / xâb)

  1. asleep

References

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

Further reading

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