ایزد
Persian
Etymology
From Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 (yazata, “worthy of reverence, worthy of devotion, worthy of worship”). Compare Sanskrit यजत (yajata) and Classical Syriac ܝܙܕ.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /eːzað/, /eːzið/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /eːzad/, /eːzɪd/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /iːzæd/, /iːzed/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /ezad/, /ezid/
Proper noun
ایزد • (izad, ized)
- God
- an epithet of saints or prophets
- a male given name, Izad or Ized, from Avestan
Derived terms
- ایزدی (izadi)
Descendants
- → Urdu: ایزدی (ezid, īzid)
Urdu
Etymology
From Classical Persian ایزد (ēzad, “God”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /iː.zɪd̪/, /eː.zɪd̪/, /iː.zəd̪/, /eː.zəd̪/
- (Deccani) IPA(key): /iː.zɪd̪/, /eː.zɪd̪/, /iː.zəd̪/, /eː.zəd̪/
Derived terms
- ایزدی (īzidī, “Godly”)
- اِیزِد پَناہ (īzid-panāh, “protected by God”)
Synonyms
- خدا (xudā)
References
- “ایزد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “ایزد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John Thompson (1884), “ایزد”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
- “ایزد”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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