خفتاں
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Punjabi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Corrupted from Classical Persian خُفتَن (xuftan, “to sleep”). Compare Pashto نماسخوتن (nəmâsxotan).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /xʊfᵊ.t̪ä̃ː/
Noun
[edit]خُفْتاں • (xuftāṉ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਖ਼ੁਫ਼ਤਾਂ)
- Alternative form of کُفتاں (kuftāṉ)
Derived terms
[edit]- خُفتاں دی نَماز (xuftāṉ dī namāz, “night prayer”)
Further reading
[edit]- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “خُفتاں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz