خدیو

See also: خديو

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian خدیو.

Noun

خدیو • (hidiv)

1. khedive

Descendants

• Turkish: hidiv
• → French: khédive

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭤𐭲𐭩𐭥 (htyw /⁠xadēw⁠/) from Bactrian χοαδηο (xoadēo, “lord”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xa.ˈðeːw]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.d̪éːw]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.d̪éːw]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xä.d̪éːw]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xä.d̪éːw]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæ.d̪íː.w]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χä.d̪éw]

Readings
Classical reading?	xaḏēw
Dari reading?	xadēw
Iranian reading?	xadi-w
Tajik reading?	xadev

Noun

Dari	خدیو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хадев

خدیو • (xadêv) (plural خدیوان (xadêvân))

1. (archaic) lord, master, mighty ruler, king
   • 10^th Century CE, Ferdowsi, Shahnameh

     سیامک به دست خزروان دیو
     تبه گشت و ماند انجمن بی‌ خدیو

     siyâmak be daste xazarvan-e div
     tabah gašt o mând anjoman bi xadiv

     Siamak perished in the fight with Khazarwan Div,
     and the people lost their lord.

2. (historical) khedive

Synonyms

• خداوند (xodâvand), خداوندگار (xodâvandegâr)

Derived terms

• خدیوی (xadêvi)
• خدیوزاده (xadêv-zâde)
• خدیور (xadivar), کدیور (kadivar)
• گیهان‌خدیو (geyhân-xadêv), کیهان‌خدیو (keyhân-xadêv)
• کشورخدیو (kešvar-xadêv)
• خاورخدیو (xâvar-xadiv)
• ترکان‌خدیو (torkân-xadiv)

Related terms

• خدا (xodâ)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: خدیو (hidiv)
  • Turkish: hidiv
  • → French: khédive
• → Urdu: خدیو (xidev)

References

• Nicholas Sims-Williams (December 15, 1988), "Bactrian language", Encyclopædia Iranica
• Jafari Dehaghi, Mahmud, Emadaldin Sadri, Amir (2012) “Vâmvâže-hey balxī dar pârsi now”, 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)

1. lord, king; ruler
2. satrap; rich and powerful viceroy
3. master

Declension

Declension of خدیو
	singular	plural
direct	خدیو (xidev)	خدیو (xidev)
oblique	خدیو (xidev)	خدیووں (xidevõ)
vocative	خدیو (xidev)	خدیوو (xidevo)

Declension of خدیو
	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, 2024.