خداوند

Persian

Etymology

From خدا (xodâ) +‎ وند (vand).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xu.ðɑː.ˈwanð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊ.d̪ɑː.wǽn̪d̪]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xo.d̪ɒː.vǽn̪d̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χu.d̪ɔ.vǽn̪d̪]

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

Noun

خداوند • (xodâvand) (plural خداوندان (xodâvandân))

1. owner, possessor
2. master
3. lord
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 432:

     این چه سر است این چه سلطانی است باز
     ای خداوند خداوندان راز

     īn či sirr ast īn či sultānī ast bāz
     ay xudāwand-i xudāwandân-i rāz

     What secret is this? Once more, what sovereignty is this,
     O lord of the lords of mystery?

4. God, the Lord

Derived terms

خداوندگار (xodâvandegâr)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خداوند (xudāvand).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xʊ.d̪ɑː.ʋənd̪/

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• 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.