ꠈꠥꠀꠛ

Sylheti

Alternative forms

• ꠈꠣꠛ (xáb)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خواب (xwâb), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭠𐭡 (hwʾb), from Proto-Iranian *hwápati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swap-. Compare Assamese সপোন (xopün), Bengali খোয়াব (khōẇab), Hindustani خواب / ख़्वाब (xvāb), Punjabi ਖਵਾਬ (khavāb), Gujarati ખ્વાબ (khvāb). Doublet of ꠡꠙ꠆ꠘ (śofno).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuab/

Noun

ꠈꠥꠀꠛ • (kúab)

1. dream

   Synonym: ꠡꠙ꠆ꠘ (śofno)

References

• Gwynn, Roger (2016) “kuab”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.