xew
Definition of xew
sleep, asleep
Other forms
Sorani khaw/xew, Zaza/Kirmancki hewn
Etymology
From Avestan xʷafna-, kvafna-, xʷap- "sleep",
Ultimately from PIE *supno-, suffixed form of root *swep- “to sleep”,
Sanskrit svapnah,
Greek hypnos,
Latin somnus,
Lithuanian sapnas,
Old Church Slavonic sunu,
Old Irish suan,
Welsh hun “sleep”,
Latin sopor “a deep sleep”,
Old English swefn,
Old Norse svefn “a dream”.
Synonyms
razan, raketin, nivistin, xewtin, veketin, di xew bûn, di xew çûn, nivîn, nûstin, xewraçuyîn
It forms or part of
xewn “dream”,
English: hypno-, hypnosis, hypnotic, hypnotism, insomnia, somni-, somnambulate, somniloquy, somnolence, somnolent, Somnus, sopor, soporific.
Updated on October 29, 2023