ख़्वाबगाह

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خوابگاه (xâbgâh) (through Urdu خواب گاہ (xvāb gāh)). Compare Punjabi ਖ਼ਾਬਗਾਹ (xābgāh) / خواب گاہ (xoāb gāh).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /xʋɑːb.ɡɑːɦ/, [xʋäːb.ɡäːʱ], /kʰʋɑːb.ɡɑːɦ/, [kʰʋäːb.ɡäːʱ]

Noun

ख़्वाबगाह • (xvābgāh) f (Urdu spelling خواب گاہ)

1. bedroom
2. dormitory

   Synonyms: शयनकक्ष (śayankakṣ), शयनागार (śaynāgār)

Declension

Declension of ख़्वाबगाह (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़्वाबगाह xvābgāh	ख़्वाबगाहें xvābgāhẽ
oblique	ख़्वाबगाह xvābgāh	ख़्वाबगाहों xvābgāhõ
vocative	ख़्वाबगाह xvābgāh	ख़्वाबगाहो xvābgāho

References

• Hardev Bahri (2013) “ख़्वाबगाह”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “ख्वाब”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha