خداوند

Persian

Etymology

From خدا‎ (xodâ) +‎ وند‎ (vand).

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /xudɔˈvand/

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/
  • (Deccani) 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 (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “خداوند”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “خداوند”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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