स्वप्

स्वप्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬲ᭄ᬯᬧ᭄ (Balinese script)
• স্ৱপ্ (Assamese script)
• স্বপ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰪𑰢𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀯𑀧𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌪𑍍 (Grantha script)
• સ્વપ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸੑਵਪੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦮꦥ꧀ (Javanese script)
• ស្វប៑ (Khmer script)
• ಸ್ವಪ್ (Kannada script)
• ສ຺ວປ຺ (Lao script)
• സ്വപ് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘪𑘢𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᢦᢒ (Mongolian script)
• ᠰᠣᠸᠠᢒ (Manchu script)
• သွပ် (Burmese script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑧊𑧂𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐰𑐥𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ଵପ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢮꢦ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆮𑆥𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖪𑖢𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ස්වප් (Sinhalese script)
• స్వప్ (Telugu script)
• สฺวปฺ (Thai script)
• སྭ་པ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒫𑒣𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“to sleep”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos) whence English hypno-; Proto-Italic *swepnos giving Latin somnus; Lithuanian sãpnas (“dream”), Proto-Slavic *sъpati (“sleep”); Old English swefan whence English sweven (“to sleep”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sʋɐp/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /s̪ʋɐp/

Root

स्वप् • (svap)

1. to sleep, fall asleep
2. to lie down, recline upon
3. to be dead

Derived terms

• स्वपिति (svápiti)
• स्वपति (svápati)
• स्वप्न (svapná)
• स्वप्न (svápna)
• स्वप्न्य (svápnya)
• स्वपितृ (svapitṛ)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “स्वप्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1280.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 201
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “स्वप्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “स्वप्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press

• Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 324
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 612
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1048