کفتاں
Punjabi
Etymology
From earlier خُفتاں (xuftāṉ), from Classical Persian خُفتَن (xuftan, “to sleep”). Compare Pashto نماسخوتن (nəmâsxotan).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /kʊfᵊ.t̪ä̃ː/
Noun
کُفْتاں • (kuftāṉ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੁਫ਼ਤਾਂ)
Coordinate terms
- سَرگھی (sarghī, “suhur, fajr”)
- پیشِیں (peśīṉ, “dhuhr”)
- ڈِیگَر (ḍīgar, “afternoon, asr”)
- نَماشاں (namāśāṉ, “maghrib”)
Derived terms
- کُفتاں دی نَماز (kuftāṉ dī namāz, “night prayer”)
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کُفتاں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz