خدا

See also: جدا‎ and حدا‎

Baluchi

Noun

خدا • (xuda)

1. God, god

See also

• ہدا‎ (huda)

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Laki

Noun

خدا (xda)

1. God, god

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Persian

Alternative forms

• خدای‎ (xodây) (archaic)

Etymology

From earlier خدای‎ (xodây), from Middle Persian [script needed] (hwtʾy /xwadāy/, “lord”) (Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫑𐫇𐫅𐫀𐫏‎ (xwadāy)), with both religious and secular connotations. Rendered in Book Pahlavi as the ideogram [script needed] (MNA) (Aramaic 𐡌𐡍𐡀‎ (mnʾ /mona/), also meaning "lord"), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *hwatā́wā (“lord, god”).

Cognates with Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬜𐬀𐬙𐬀‎ (xᵛaδata, “self-determined”) (in the sense of "not dependent on anything/anyone"), Bactrian χοαδηο (xoadēo, “lord”) and Kurdish خوا‎ (xwa), Sanskrit स्वधा (svádhā). Also related to خود‎ (xod, “self”), خدیو‎ (xadiv, “lord, master”), خاتون‎ (xâtun, “lady, noblewoman”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /xudɑː/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /xʊdɒː/

• (Kabuli): IPA^(key): /xʊdɒː/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /xodɒː/

• (Tehrani): IPA^(key): /xodɒː/

• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /xudɔː/

Noun

Dari Persian	خدا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Худо, худо (Xudo, xudo)

خدا • (xodâ) (plural خدایان‎ (xodâyân))

1. God, god
2. lord
3. patron
4. chief
5. master
6. owner

Inflection

Predicative forms of خدا (xodâ)

	singular	plural
1st person (“I am/we are”)	خدایم (xodâyam) خدام△ (xodâm)	خداییم (xodâyim)
2nd person (“you are”)	خدایی (xodâyi)	خدایید (xodâyid) خدایین△ (xodâyin)
3rd person (“he, she, it is/they are”)	خداست (xodâst) خداس، خدائه△ (xodâs, xodâe)	خدایند (xodâyand) خدان△ (xodân)
△ Colloquial.

Related terms

• خدائی‎, خدایی‎
• خدا حافظ‎
• خداحافظی‎
• کدخدا‎ (kadxodâ)
• دهخدا‎ (dehxodâ)
• خداوند‎ (xodâvand)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: xuda
• → Bashkir: хоҙай (xoðay)
• → Bengali: খোদা (khoda)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胡大 (húdà) (often Lanyin and Zhongyuan)

• → Crimean Tatar: quday
• → Kazakh: құдай (quday)
• → Karakalpak: quday
• → Khakas: худай (xuday)
• → Kyrgyz: кудай (kuday)
• → Kumyk: худай (xuday)
• → Southern Altai: кудай (kuday)
• → Shor: қудай
• → Tatar: ходай (xoday)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “xwadāy”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 95

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خدا‎ (xodâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xʊ.d̪ɑː/

Noun

خدا • (xudā) m (Hindi spelling ख़ुदा)

1. God, god

   ‏مخلوق میں خالق کا نظر آیا جس کو اس دیکھنے والے نے خدا کو دیکھا‎

   maxlūq mẽ xāliq kā nazar āyā jis ko us dekhne vāle ne xudā ko dekhā

   Who has seen the creator in the creation, that observer has seen God

2. lord
3. patron
4. chief
5. master
6. owner

Derived terms

• خدا حافظ‎ (xudā hāfiz)