خپسه

khapúsakhapsáKhapasaḵẖapasaʿhxəpə́sa/xəˈpəsa/

Other spellingsخَپَسه

خپسهnounfeminine

nightmare, bad dream

Meanings

  1. nightmare, bad dream
  2. nightmare
  3. night hag, bakhtak, sleep paralysis demon
  4. The nightmare. Also خپسکيَ ḵẖapaskaey
  5. night hag
  6. ghoul or demon that suffocates people when they sleep
  7. nightmare raving

Pashto definitions

  1. جمع خپسې
  2. خپسکه

Forms

plural
خپسېxəpə́se
singular
خپسهxəpə́sa
oblique singular
خپسېxəpə́se
oblique plural
خپسوxəpə́so
singular vocative
خپسېxəpə́se
plural vocative
خپسوxəpə́so
Translations (4)
French
cauchemar (m.) · mauvais rêve (m.).
Dutch
nachtmerrie
Norwegian
mare · mareritt
Persian
(خپسکه -ر)

Etymology: Possibly from the Arabic كابوس