स्वप्न

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वप्न (svápna)

Noun

स्वप्न • (svapn) m (Urdu spelling سوپن‎)

1. dream
2. sleep

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *swápnas, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos (“sleep, dream”), from *swep- (“to sleep”). Cognates include Latin somnus, sopor, Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos), Lithuanian sapnas, Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬟𐬥𐬀‏‎ (xᵛafna‏), Persian خواب‎ (xvāb, “dream”), Old Church Slavonic сънъ (sŭnŭ) and Old English swefn (English sweven).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /s̪ʋɐ́p.n̪ɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ʋɐp.n̪ɐ/

Noun

स्वप्न • (svápna) m

1. sleep, sleeping
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.86.6

     न स स्वो दक्षो वरुण ध्रुतिः सा सुरा मन्युर्विभीदको अचित्तिः ।
     अस्ति ज्यायान्कनीयस उपारे स्वप्नश्चनेदनृतस्य प्रयोता॥

     na sa svo dakṣo varuṇa dhrutiḥ sā surā manyurvibhīdako acittiḥ .
     asti jyāyānkanīyasa upāre svapnaścanedanṛtasya prayotā.

     Not our own will betrayed us, but seduction, thoughtlessness, Varuṇa wine, dice, or anger.
     The old is near to lead astray the younger: even sleep removeth not all evil-doing.

2. dream, dreaming
3. sleepiness, drowsiness