خدیو

See also: خديو

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian خدیو.

Noun

خدیو • (hidiv)

  1. khedive

Descendants

  • Turkish: hidiv
  • French: khédive

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭤𐭲𐭩𐭥 (htyw /⁠xadēw⁠/) from Bactrian χοαδηο (khoadēo, lord).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? xadēw
Dari reading? xadēw
Iranian reading? xadi-w
Tajik reading? xadev

Noun

Dari خدیو
Iranian Persian
Tajik хадев

خدیو • (xadêv) (plural خدیوان)

  1. (archaic) lord, master, mighty ruler, king
    • 10th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh
      سیامک به دست خزروان دیو
      تبه گشت و ماند انجمن بی‌ خدیو
      siyâmak be daste xazarvan-e div
      tabah gašt o mând anjoman bi xadiv
      Siamak perished in the fight with Khazarwan Div,
      and the people lost their lord.
  2. (historical) khedive

Synonyms

  • خداوند (xodâvand), خداوندگار (xodâvandegâr)

Derived terms

  • ترکان‌خدیو (torkân-xadiv)
  • خاورخدیو (xâvar-xadiv)
  • خدیور (xadivar), کدیور (kadivar)
  • خدیوزاده (xadêv-zâde)
  • خدیوی (xadêvi)
  • کشورخدیو (kešvar-xadêv)
  • گیهان‌خدیو (geyhân-xadêv), کیهان‌خدیو (keyhân-xadêv)

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: خدیو (hidiv)
    • Turkish: hidiv
    • French: khédive
  • Urdu: خدیو (xidev)

References

  • Nicholas Sims-Williams (December 15, 1988), "Bactrian language", Encyclopædia Iranica
  • Jafari Dehaghi, Mahmud, Emadaldin Sadri, Amir (2012) “Vâmvâže-hey balxī dar pârsi now [Bactrian Loanwords in New-Persian]”, in Language Studies[1] (in Persian), volume 2, number 4, Tehran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, page 3

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian خدیو (xadēv, lord; king; mighty ruler).

Pronunciation

Noun

خدیو • (xidev or xadevm (Hindi spelling ख़िदेव)

  1. lord, king; ruler
  2. satrap; rich and powerful viceroy
  3. master

Declension

Declension of خدیو
singular plural
direct خدیو (xidev) خدیو (xidev)
oblique خدیو (xidev) خدیووں (xidevõ)
vocative خدیو (xidev) خدیوو (xidevo)
Declension of خدیو
singular plural
direct خدیو (xidev) خدیویں (xidevẽ)
oblique خدیو (xidev) خدیووں (xidevõ)
vocative خدیو (xidev) خدیوو (xidevo)

References

  • خدیو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خدیو”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “خدیو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • خدیو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.