hwʾb

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *hwápati (“to sleep”).

Noun

hwʾb • (xwāb)

1. sleep

Descendants

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

References

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