سپنا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit स्वप्न (svápna), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *swápnas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swápnas, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, from *swep-.

Cognates include Latin somnus, Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos), Old English swefn, and (English sweven). Doublet of خواب (xvāb).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /səp.nɑː/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

سپنا • (sapnā) m (Hindi spelling सपना)

1. dream, reverie, vision

   Synonyms: خواب (xvāb), (rare) سوپن (svapn), رؤیا (rū'yā)

   تھوڑی دیر کے بعد، اُن کے سپنے سچّے نکلے۔

   thoṛī der ke ba'ad, un ke sapne sacce nikle.

   After a little while, their dreams became true.

Declension

Declension of سپنا
	singular	plural
direct	سپنا (sapnā)	سپنے (sapne)
oblique	سپنے (sapne)	سپنوں (sapnõ)
vocative	سپنے (sapne)	سپنو (sapno)

References

• “سپنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “سپنا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.