Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/hwápati

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Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/hwápati

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *swápati, from Proto-Indo-European *swép-e-ti, from *swep- (“to sleep”).

Verb

*hwápati

1. to sleep
2. 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)
• Lurish:
  • Northern Luri: خاو‎ (xāw)

    Nahavandi: خۋ‎ (xü)

  • Bakhtiari: خٱو‎ (xaw)
  • Southern Luri: خٱو‎ (xaw)