خفتاں

Punjabi

Etymology

Corrupted from Classical Persian خُفتَن (xuftan, “to sleep”). Compare Pashto نماسخوتن (nəmâsxotan).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /xʊfᵊ.t̪ä̃ː/

Noun

خُفْتاں • (xuftāṉ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਖ਼ੁਫ਼ਤਾਂ)

1. Alternative form of کُفتاں (kuftāṉ)

Derived terms

• خُفتاں دی نَماز (xuftāṉ dī namāz, “night prayer”)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “خُفتاں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz