خداوند

Persian

Etymology

From (xodâ) +‎ (vand).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xu.daː.ˈwand/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊ.d̪ɑː.wǽn̪d̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊ.d̪ɑː.wǽn̪d̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xu.d̪ɔː.wǽn̪d̪̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xo.d̪ɒː.vǽn̪d̪̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χu.d̪ɔ.vǽn̪d̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xudāwand
Dari reading^?	xudāwand
Iranian reading^?	xodâvand
Tajik reading^?	xudovand

Noun

خداوند • (xodâvand) (plural خداوندان (xodâvandân))

owner, possessor
master
lord
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 432:
  این چه سر است این چه سلطانی است باز
  ای خداوند خداوندان راز
  īn či sirr ast īn či sultānī ast bāz
  ay xudāwand-i xudāwandân-i rāz
  What secret is this? Once more, what sovereignty is this,
  O lord of the lords of mystery?
God, the Lord

Derived terms

خداوندگار (xodâvandegâr)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (xudāvand).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xʊ.d̪ɑː.ʋənd̪/
Audio (Pakistan): (file)
Rhymes: -ənd̪
Hyphenation: خُ‧دا‧وَنْد

Noun

خُداوَنْد • (xudāvand) m (Hindi spelling ख़ुदावंद)

(Christianity, in the singular) An epithet for Jesus.
(in the singular) God; Lord
owner, possessor
(dated) husband

Declension

Declension of **خداوند**
	singular	plural
direct	خُداوَنْد (xudāvand)	خُداوَنْد (xudāvand)
oblique	خُداوَنْد (xudāvand)	خُداوَنْدوں (xudāvandõ)
vocative	خُداوَنْد (xudāvand)	خُداوَنْدو (xudāvando)

References

“خداوند”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“خداوند”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خداوند”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.