Middle Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Iranian *hwápati (to sleep).

Noun edit

hwʾb (xwāb)

  1. sleep

Descendants edit

  • Classical Persian: خْوَاب (xwāb) (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “xwāb”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press