khedive

See also: khédive

English

Etymology

From French khédive, from Ottoman Turkish خدیو (ḫediv, ḫıdiv), from Persian خدیو (xadêw, xedêw, “lord, master, king”), from Bactrian χοαδηο (xoadēo, “lord”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈdiːv/
• Rhymes: -iːv

Noun

khedive (plural khedives)

1. The title of the hereditary monarch of Egypt from 1805–1914, nominally ruling as a viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey.

Derived terms

• khediva
• khedivate
• khedivial

Translations

monarch of Egypt

• Arabic: خِدِيو m (ḵidīw)
• Armenian: խեդիվ (xediv)
• Finnish: kediivi (fi)
• French: khédive (fr)
• German: Khedive (de) m
• Greek: χεδίβης (el) m (chedívis)
• Ido: khedive (io)
• Italian: kedivè m
• Ottoman Turkish: خدیو (ḫediv, ḫıdiv)
• Persian: خدیو (fa) (xadêv)
• Polish: kedyw m
• Portuguese: quediva
• Romanian: kediv (ro) m
• Russian: хеди́в (ru) m (xedív)
• Spanish: jedive m
• Swedish: kediv (sv) c
• Turkish: hidiv (tr)