کفتاں

Punjabi

Etymology

From earlier خُفتاں (xuftāṉ), from Classical Persian خُفتَن (xuftan, “to sleep”). Compare Pashto نماسخوتن (nəmâsxotan).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

کُفْتاں • (kuftāṉ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੁਫ਼ਤਾਂ)

1. (Islam) isha

   Synonym: عِشا (ʻiśā)

2. time of sleep

Coordinate terms

• سَرگھی (sarghī, “suhur, fajr”)
• پیشِیں (peśīṉ, “dhuhr”)
• ڈِیگَر (ḍīgar, “afternoon, asr”)
• نَماشاں (namāśāṉ, “maghrib”)

Derived terms

• کُفتاں دی نَماز (kuftāṉ dī namāz, “night prayer”)

Further reading

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