خدیو
See also: خديو
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Noun
خدیو • (hidiv)
Descendants
- Turkish: hidiv
- → French: khédive
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian 𐭤𐭲𐭩𐭥 (htyw /xadēw/) from Bactrian χοαδηο (khoadēo, “lord”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /xa.ˈdeːw/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xä.d̪éːw]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xæ.d̪íː.w]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χä.d̪éw]
| 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)
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)
Related terms
- خدا (xodâ)
Descendants
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
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xɪ.d̪eːʋ/, /xɪ.d̪iːʋ/, /xə.d̪eːʋ/
Noun
خدیو • (xidev or xadev) m (Hindi spelling ख़िदेव)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | خدیو (xidev) | خدیو (xidev) |
| oblique | خدیو (xidev) | خدیووں (xidevõ) |
| vocative | خدیو (xidev) | خدیوو (xidevo) |
| 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.