খোয়াব

Bengali

Alternative forms

• খোওয়াব (khōōẇab), খ্বাব (khāb)

Etymology

Borrowed 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”). Doublet of স্বপ্ন (śopno) and শোয়া (śōẇa). Cognate with Hindi ख्वाब (khvāb)

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kʰo̯ab/, [ˈkʰo̯ab], /xo̯ab/, [xo̯ab]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kʰo̯ab/, [ˈkʰo̯ab], /xo̯ab/, [xo̯ab]

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Noun

খোয়াব • (khōẇab) (objective খোয়াব (khōẇab) or খোয়াবকে (khōẇaboke), genitive খোয়াবের (khōẇaber), locative খোয়াবে (khōẇabe))

1. dream, illusion

   গত নিশি খোওয়াবের খামখেয়ালীতে

   goto niśi khōwaber khamkhealite

   Last night, in the fickleness of dreams

   - Kazi Nazrul Islam

   Synonyms: স্বপ্ন (śopno), ভ্রম (bhrom)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “খোয়াব” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “খোয়াব, খোওয়াব, খ্বাব” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh