খোয়াব
Bengali
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian خواب, from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭠𐭡 (hwʾb /xvāb/), from Proto-Iranian *hwápati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swap-, from Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“to dream”).[1] Doublet of স্বপ্ন (śopno) and শোয়া (śōẇa). Cognate with Hindi ख्वाब (khvāb)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editখোয়াব • (khōẇab) (objective খোয়াব (khōẇab) or খোয়াবকে (khōẇaboke), genitive খোয়াবের (khōẇaber), locative খোয়াবে (khōẇabe))
- dream, illusion
- গত নিশি খোওয়াবের খামখেয়ালীতে- Kazi Nazrul Islam
- goto niśi khōwaber khamkhealite
- Last night, in the fickleness of dreams
- Synonyms: স্বপ্ন (śopno), ভ্রম (bhrom)
References
edit- Accessible Dictionary, “খোয়াব” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
- Accessible Dictionary, “খোয়াব, খোওয়াব, খ্বাব” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh
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