स्वपति
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- स्वपिति (svápiti) – Classical
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *swápati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swápati, from Proto-Indo-European *swép-e-ti, from *swep- (“to sleep”). Cognate with Old English swefan, Latin sōpiō, Old Church Slavonic съпати (sŭpati).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /s̪ʋɐ́.pɐ.t̪i/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈs̪ʋɐ.pɐ.t̪i/
Verb
स्वपति • (svápati) (root स्वप्, class 1 P) (Vedic)
- to sleep, slumber
- Synonyms: द्रायति (drāyati), निद्रायति (nidrāyati), शेते (śete)
- to lie down, recline
- (euphemistic) to die
Descendants
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
- Assamese: শোৱা (xüa)
- Bengali: শোয়া (śoya)
- Sylheti: ꠢꠥꠔꠣ (huta)
- Pali: supati
- Sauraseni Prakrit: [Term?]
- Gujarati: સૂવું (sūvũ)
- Hindi: सोना (sonā)
- Punjabi: ਸੌਣਾ (sauṇā)
- Urdu: سونا (sonā)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “स्वपति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1280.