خفتاں

Punjabi

Etymology

Corrupted from Classical Persian خُفتَن (xuftan, “to sleep”). Compare Pashto نماسخوتن (nəmâsxotan).

Pronunciation

Noun

خُفْتاں • (xuftāṉ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਖ਼ੁਫ਼ਤਾਂ)

  1. alternative form of کُفتاں (kuftāṉ)

Derived terms

  • خُفتاں دی نَماز (xuftāṉ dī namāz, “night prayer”)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “خُفتاں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
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