khedive

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French khédive, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ottoman Turkish خدیو (ḫediv, ḫıdiv), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian خدیو (xadēw, xidēw, “lord, master, king”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Bactrian χοαδηο (xoadēo, “lord”), calque of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek αὐτοκράτωρ (autokrátōr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈdiːv/

Noun

khedive (plural khedives)

1. The title of the hereditary monarch of Egypt from 1805-1914, nominally ruling as a viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey.

Derived terms

• khedivate
• khedivial

Translations

monarch of Egypt

• Arabic: خِدِيو (ḵidīw), خِدِيوِيّ (ḵidīwiyy)
• Armenian: խեդիվ (xediv)
• French: khédive (fr)
• Ido: khedive (io)
• Italian: kedivè m
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• Ottoman Turkish: خدیو (ḫediv, ḫıdiv)
• Persian: خدیو (fa) (xadêv)
• Portuguese: quediva
• Swedish: kediv (sv) c
• Turkish: hidiv (tr)