स्वपिति
Sanskrit
Etymology
From earlier Vedic Sanskrit स्वपति (svápati), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *swápati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swápati, from Proto-Indo-European *swép-e-ti, from *swep-. Cognate with Old English swefan, Latin sōpiō, Old Church Slavonic съпати (sŭpati).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /s̪ʋɐ́.pi.t̪i/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈs̪ʋɐ.pi.t̪i/
Verb
स्वपिति • (svápiti) (root स्वप्, class 2 P) (Classical Sanskrit)
- to sleep, slumber
- Synonyms: द्रायति (drāyati), निद्रायति (nidrāyati), शेते (śete)
- to lie down, recline
- (euphemistic) to die
Alternative forms
- स्वपति (svápati) – Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “स्वपिति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1280.