خداوند

Persian

Etymology

From خدا (xodâ) +‎ وند (vand).

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

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

Noun

خداوند • (xodâvand)

  1. owner, possessor
  2. master
  3. lord
  4. God, the Lord

Derived terms

خداوندگار (xodâvandegâr)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خداوند (xudāvand).

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

Noun

خُداوَنْد • (xudāvand) m (Hindi spelling ख़ुदावंद)

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

Declension
Declension of خداوند
singular plural
direct خُداوَنْد (xudāvand) خُداوَنْد (xudāvand)
oblique خُداوَنْد (xudāvand) خُداوَنْدوں (xudāvandō̃)
vocative خُداوَنْد (xudāvand) خُداوَنْدو (xudāvandō)

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, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خداوند”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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