परवरदिगार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پروردگار (parwardigār). Cognate with Bengali পরওয়ারদেগার (porẇardigār)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /pəɾ.ʋəɾ.d̪ɪ.ɡɑːɾ/, [pɐɾ.ʋɐɾ.d̪ɪ.ɡäːɾ], /pəɾ.wəɾ.d̪ɪ.ɡɑːɾ/, [pɐɾ.wɐɾ.d̪ɪ.ɡäːɾ]
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Proper noun

परवरदिगार • (parvardigār) m (Urdu spelling پروردگار) (poetic, rare)

1. an appellation or epithet of God (or Lord

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:भगवान

   • 2016, Amit Mishra, Pritam Chakraborty, Shilpa Rao, Bulleya:

     तेरा मुक़ाम कमले
     सरहद के पार बुल्लेया
     परवरदिगार बुल्लेया
     हाफ़िज़ तेरा, मुर्शिद मेरा

     terā muqām kamle
     sarhad ke pār bulleyā
     parvardigār bulleyā
     hāfiz terā, murśid merā

     O crazy one, your destiny
     Is beyond these borders
     God is your guardian, Bulleya
     As you are mine

2. providence
3. cherisher
4. inventor
5. (figurative, rare) founder

Declension

Declension of परवरदिगार (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	परवरदिगार parvardigār
oblique	परवरदिगार parvardigār
vocative	परवरदिगार parvardigār

Derived terms

• पाक-परवरदिगार (pāk-parvardigār, “holy God, divine God”)
• परवरदिगार-ए-आलम (parvardigār-e-ālam, “God as the protector of the world, Providence”)
• परवरदिगार-ए-हक़ीक़ी (parvardigār-e-haqīqī, “the true protector”)
• परवरदिगारी (parvardigārī, “qualities of God”)
• सनअत-ए-परवरदिगार (sanaat-e-parvardigār, “act of God, God's work”)
• मशीयत-ए-परवरदिगार (maśīyat-e-parvardigār, “will of God, scheme of things as willed by God”)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “परवरदिगार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “परवरदिगार”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.