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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/hwápati
Proto-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *swápati, from Proto-Indo-European *swép-e-ti, from *swep- (“to sleep”).
Verb
*hwápati
- to sleep
- to dream
Descendants
- Avestan: 𐬓𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬥 (xᵛapan)
- Gilaki: خفت (xuft)
- Northern Kurdish: xew (“sleep”), xewn (“dream”)
- Middle Persian: hwʾb (xvāb)
- Persian: خواب (xvâb, xâb)
- → Urdu: خواب (xvāb)
- Persian: خواب (xvâb, xâb)
- Lurish:
- Northern Luri: خاو (xāw)
- Nahavandi: خۋ (xü)
- Bakhtiari: خٱو (xaw)
- Southern Luri: خٱو (xaw)
- Northern Luri: خاو (xāw)