स्वपिति

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *swápati, from Proto-Indo-European *swép-e-ti, from *swep-. Cognate with Old English swefan, Latin sōpiō, Old Church Slavonic съпати (sŭpati).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /s̪ʋɐ́.pi.t̪i/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ʋɐ.pi.t̪i/

Verb

स्वपिति • (svápiti) (root स्वप्, class 2 P) (Classical Sanskrit)

to sleep, slumber
Synonyms: द्रायति (drāyati), निद्रायति (nidrāyati), शेते (śete)
to lie down, recline
(euphemistic) to die

Alternative forms

स्वपति (svápati) – Vedic

References

Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1280

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