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Readings
Classical reading? nāxuḏā
Dari reading? nāxudā
Iranian reading? nâxodâ
Tajik reading? noxudo

Etymology 1

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    From earlier ناوخدا (nâvxodâ), compound of ناو (nâv, boat, ship) +‎ خدا (xodâ, master, lord, chief). Compare Ancient Greek ναύκληρος (naúklēros), Latin nauclērus for the formation.

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    Noun

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    Dari ناخدا
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik нохудо

    ناخدا (nâxodâ) (plural ناخداها (nâxodâ-hâ) or ناخدایان (nâxodâyân))

    1. (nautical) skipper, shipmaster, master mariner
    2. (military) captain (naval officer)
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    Etymology 2

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    From ناـ (nâ-, un-, non-) +‎ خدا (xodâ, god). The latter is the same noun as that under etymology 1 above.

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    ناخدا (nâxodâ) (plural ناخداها (nâxodâ-hâ) or ناخدایان (nâxodâyân))

    Dari ناخدا
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik нохудо
    1. (rare) atheist
      Synonym: بی‌خدا (bê-xodâ)
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    Urdu

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian ناخدا (nāxudā), from earlier ناوخدا (nāwxudā, literally ship-master).

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    ناخدا (nāxudām (Hindi spelling नाख़ुदा)

    1. (nautical) sailor, seaman
    2. (military) captain

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    Declension of ناخدا
    singular plural
    direct ناخدا (nāxudā) ناخدے (nāxude)
    oblique ناخدے (nāxude) ناخدوں (nāxudõ)
    vocative ناخدے (nāxude) ناخدو (nāxudo)