Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/hwápati

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Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *swápati, from Proto-Indo-European *swép-e-ti, from *swep- (“to sleep”).

Verb

*hwápati

to sleep
to dream

Descendants

Northern Kurdish: xew (“sleep”)
Middle Persian: hwʾb (xvāb)
- Persian: خواب (xvâb, xâb)
  - → Urdu: خواب (xvāb)
Lurish:
- Northern Luri: خاو (xāw)
  Nahavandi: خۋ (xü)
- Bakhtiari: خٱو (xaw)
- Southern Luri: خٱو (xaw)