رختخواب

Persian

Etymology

From رَخْت (“clothes, toggery”) + خواب (“sleep”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾax.ti.xʷɑːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [räx.t̪ʰɪ.xɑːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [räx.t̪ʰɪ.xɑːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [räx.t̪ʰɪ.xɑːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [räx.t̪ʰi.xɔːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹæx.t̪ʰe.xɒːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾäχ.t̪ʰi.χɔb]

Readings
Classical reading?	raxtixwāḇ
Dari reading?	raxtixāb
Iranian reading?	raxtexâb
Tajik reading?	raxtixob

Noun

رَخْتِخواب • (raxtexâb) (plural رختخواب‌ها (raxtexâb-hâ))

1. bedroll
2. bed

   Synonym: بستر

   او معمولا پنج دقیقه بعد از بیدار شدن از رختخواب برمی خیزد

   she usually takes five minutes to get up from the bed after she wakes up

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “رختخواب”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press