خواب کردن

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From خواب present tense of خوابیدن + کردن

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? xāḇ kardan
Dari reading? xāb kardan
Iranian reading? xâb kardan
Tajik reading? xob kardan

Verb edit

خواب کردن (xāb kardan) (Dari)

  1. (colloquial or informal) to sleep
    حالی برو خو کن، تو صبا مکتب داریālē burō xaw ku, tū subā maktab dārīgo to sleep, you have school tomorrow (Dari colloquial)
    حالا برو خواب کن، تو فردا مکتب داریhālā biraw xāb kun, tū fardā maktab dārīgo to sleep, you have school tomorrow (Dari, more formal)

Usage notes edit

  • While خوابیدن is seen as more formal, Speakers from Afghanistan more frequently use the derived compound verb خواب کردن (xāb kardan). Or colloquially, خو کدن (xaw kadan).

Conjugation edit