خفته

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian hwptk (xuftag), from Proto-Iranian *huptáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *suptás (“asleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *sup-tó-s, from *swep- (“to sleep”). Cognate with Pashto ويده (widë, “asleep”), Vedic सुप्त (suptá).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xuf.ta]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊf.t̪ʰä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊf.t̪ʰä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊf.t̪ʰä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xuf.t̪ʰä]

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

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χuf.t̪ʰä]

Readings
Classical reading?	xufta
Dari reading?	xufta
Iranian reading?	xofte
Tajik reading?	xufta

Adjective

خفته • (xofte)

1. asleep, sleeping
2. dormant

References

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