सपना

Hindi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्वप्न (svápna) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swápnas, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, from *swep-. Cognates include Latin somnus, Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos) and Old English swefn (English sweven). Doublet of स्वप्न (svapna). Doublet of ख़्वाब (xvāb).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /səp.nɑː/, [sɐp.näː]

Noun

सपना • (sapnām (Urdu spelling سپنا)

  1. dream, reverie, vision
    Synonyms: स्वप्न (svapna), ख़्वाब (xvāb)
    थोड़ी देर के बाद, उनके सपने सच्चे निकले।
    thoṛī der ke bād, unke sapne sacce nikle.
    After a little while, their dreams became true.

Declension

Declension of सपना (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct सपना
sapnā
सपने
sapne
oblique सपने
sapne
सपनों
sapnõ
vocative सपने
sapne
सपनो
sapno

Derived terms

  • सपना देखना (sapnā dekhnā)

Proper noun

सपना • (sapnāf

  1. a female given name, Sapna
    सपना चौधरीsapnā caudhrīSapna Choudhary

Declension

Declension of सपना (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct सपना
sapnā
सपनाएँ
sapnāẽ
oblique सपना
sapnā
सपनाओं
sapnāõ
vocative सपना
sapnā
सपनाओ
sapnāo

References

Maithili

Etymology

From Sanskrit स्वप्न (svápna), from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, *supnós (dream).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [səpᵊnaː]

Noun

सपना • (sapᵊnā) (Tirhuta 𑒮𑒣𑒢𑒰)

  1. dream

Nepali

Etymology

From Sanskrit स्वप्न (svápna), from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, *supnós (dream).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʌpʌnä]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: सपना

Noun

सपना • (sapanā)

  1. dream
  2. sleep

Antonyms