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 Central 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/

• (Iranian Persian): 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:

  → Dungan: хўда (hwda), Хўда (Hwda)

  → Mandarin: 胡大 (Húdà) (often Lanyin and Zhongyuan)

• → Crimean Tatar: quday
• → Hindi: ख़ुदा (xudā)
• → Kazakh: құдай (quday)
• → Karakalpak: quday
• → Khakas: худай (xuday)
• → Kyrgyz: кудай (quday)
• → Kumyk: худай (xuday)
• → Southern Altai: кудай (kuday)
• → Shor: қудай
• Tajik: худо (xudo), Худо (Xudo)
• → Tatar: ходай (xoday)
• → Turkish: hüda
• → Urdu: خدا‎‎ (xudā)
• → Uyghur: خۇدا‎‎ (xuda‎)
• → Uzbek: xudo

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 Classical Persian خدا‎ (xudā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xʊ.d̪ɑː/

Noun

خدا • (xudā) m (Hindi spelling ख़ुदा)

1. 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. god

   ‏تمہارا یہ پتھر کا خدا کیا کر سکتا ہے؟‎‎

   tumhārā ye paththar kā xudā kyā kar saktā hai?

   What can this god of stone of yours do?

3. lord
4. master, owner
5. (figuratively) husband

Synonyms

• (God): اللہ‎ (allā, allāh), الٰہ‎ (ilāh)
• ایشور‎ (īśvar)

Derived terms

• خدا حافظ‎ (xudā hāfiz)