خانه‌خدا

See also: خانه خدا

Persian

Etymology

خانه (xâne, “house”) +‎ خدا (xodâ, “lord”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xɑː.na.xu.ˈðɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.nä.xʊ.d̪ɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.nä.xʊ.d̪ɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.nä.xʊ.d̪ɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.nä.xu.d̪ɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒːne.xo.d̪ɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.nä.χu.d̪ɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	xāna-xuḏā
Dari reading?	xāna-xudā
Iranian reading?	xâne-xodâ
Tajik reading?	xona-xudo

Noun

خانه‌خدا • (xâne-xodâ)

1. master of the house, householder; pater familias
   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 357”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     جلوه بر من مفروش ای ملک الحاج که تو
     خانه می‌بینی و من خانه‌خدا می‌بینم

     jilwa bar man mafurōš ay maliku-l-hāj ki tu
     xāna mē-bēnī u man xāna-xudā mē-bēnam

     O lord of the pilgrims! Flaunt not your glory before me, for you
     Are seeing the house, and I am seeing the owner of the house.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “خانه‌خدا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim