خدا

See also: جدا and حدا

Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χu.dɑː/, [χu.dɑː]

Noun

خُدَا (xudâ) (Tibetan script ཁུ༹་དཱ)

1. God

Baluchi

Noun

خدا • (xuda)

1. God, god

See also

• ہدا (huda)

Khalaj

Noun

خُدا (Xudâ) (definite accusative خُداݧ)

1. Arabic spelling of Xudâ (“God”)

Declension

Declension of خدا

	singular
nominative	خدا
genitive	خداݧ
dative	خداقا
definite accusative	خداݧ
locative	خداچا
ablative	خدادا
instrumental	خدالا
equative	خداوارا

Laki

Noun

خدا (xda)

1. God, god

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ء خ د
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic أَخَذَ (ʔaḵaḏa). Compare Maltese ħa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xda/

Verb

خدا • (ḵda) I (non-past ياخد (yāḵud))

1. alternative spelling of خدى (ḵdā)

Persian

Alternative forms

• خدای (xudāy), خذا (xuḏā), خداه (xudāh), خذاه (xuḏāh) (archaic)

Etymology

From earlier خدای (xudāy), from Middle Persian 𐭤𐭥𐭲𐭠𐭩 (hwtʾy /⁠xwadāy⁠/, “lord”) (Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫑𐫇𐫅𐫀𐫏 (xwadāy)), with both religious and secular connotations. Rendered in Book Pahlavi as the ideogram [script needed] (MRA) (Aramaic 𐡌𐡍𐡀 (mnʾ /⁠mara⁠/), also meaning "lord"), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *hwatā́wHā (“lord, god”).

Cognates with Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬜𐬀𐬙𐬀 (xᵛaδata, “self-determined”) (in the sense of "not dependent on anything/anyone"), Bactrian χοαδηο (khoadēo, “lord”), Northern Kurdish xwedê and Central Kurdish خوا (xwa), Sanskrit स्वधा (svadhā́). Also related to خود (xod, “self”), خدیو (xadiv, “lord, master”), خاتون (xâtun, “lady, noblewoman”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xu.ˈdaː/

 

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

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊ.d̪ɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊ.d̪ɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xu.d̪ɔ́ː]

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

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

• Rhymes: -aː

Readings
Classical reading?	xudā
Dari reading?	xudā
Iranian reading?	xodâ
Tajik reading?	xudo

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

خُدَا • (xudā / xodâ) (plural خُدَایَان (xudāyān / xodâyân), Tajik spelling худо)

1. God (the singular divinity of monotheism)

   Synonyms: ایزد (ēzad / izad), یزدان (yazdān / yazdân), الله (allāh / allâh)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:62:

     بَه‌دَرَسْتِی کَسَانی کِه اِیمَان آوَرْدَه‌اَنْد، وَ کَسَانی کِه یَهُودِی شُدَنْد وَ نَصَارِی وَ صَابِئَان آنَان کِه بَه خُدَا وَ روزِ قِیَامَت اِیمَان آوَرْدَنْد وَ کَارْهَایِ شَایِسْتَه اِنْجَام دِهَنْد، پَادَاشَشَانِ نَزْدِ پَرْوَرْدِگَارَشَان اَسْت، وَ نَه تَرْسِی بَر آنَان خْوَاهَد بُود وَ نَه غَمْگِین خْوَاهَنْد شُد.

     ba-darastī kasānē ki īmān āwarda-and, wa kasānē ki yahūdī šudand wa nasārī wa sābi'ān ānān ki ba xudā wa rōz-i qiyāmat īmān āwardand wa kārhā-yi šāyista injām dihand, pādāšašān-i nazd-i parwardigārašān ast, wa na tarsī bar ānān xwāhad būd wa na ġamgīn xwāhand šud.

     Indeed, the believers, Jews, Christians, and Sabians—whoever ˹truly˺ believes in God and the Last Day and does good will have their reward with their Lord. And there will be no fear for them, nor will they grieve.

     translations of the Qur'an tend to prefer الله but many use خدا instead.

2. god, deity

   Synonym: اله (ilāh / elâh)

3. (obsolete except as the second element of a compound) lord, patron, master, owner

Usage notes

• This is the most common word for "God" in Persian.

Inflection

Predicative forms of خدا (xodâ)

	singular	plural
1st person (“I am, we are”)	خدایم، خدام△ (xodâyam, xodâm△)	خداییم (xodâyim)
2nd person (“you are”)	خدایی (xodâyi)	خدایید، خدایین△ (xodâyid, xodâyin△)
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)	خداست، خداس، خدائه△ (xodâst, xodâs, xodâe△)	خدایند، خدان△ (xodâyand, xodân△)

^△ Colloquial.

Derived terms

• خدابنده (xudābanda / xodâbande)
• خداحافظ (xudāhāfiz / xodâhâfez)
• خداحافظی (xudāhāfizī / xodâhâfezi)
• خداوند (xudāwand / xodâvand)
• خدایی (xudāyī / xodâyi)
• دهخدا (dihxudā / dehxodâ)
• ناخدا (nāxudā / nâxodâ)
• کدخدا (kadxudā / kadxodâ)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: xuda, Xudu
• → Balti: ཁུ༹་དཱ (xu dā)
• → Bashkir: хоҙай (xoźay)
• → Bengali: খোদা (khōda)
• → Chagatai: خدا (xdā)
  • Uyghur: خۇدا (xuda)
  • Uzbek: xudo
• ⇒ Chinese:

  → Dungan: хўда (hwda), Хўда (Hwda)

  → Mandarin: 胡大 (Húdà), 胡達 / 胡达 (Húdá) (often Lanyin and Central Plains)

• → Crimean Tatar: quday
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ख़ुदा (xudā)

  • → Romani: xulay

  Urdu: خدا (xudā)

• → Kamassian: кхудай (kʰudaj) (indirectly)
• → Karakalpak: quday
• → Kashmiri: خۄدا (khọdā), Kashmiri: خۄداے (khọdāy)
• → Kazakh: құдай (qūdai)
• → Khakas: худай (xuday)
• → Khalaj: Xudâ
• → Kyrgyz: кудай (kuday)
• → Kumyk: худай (xuday)
• → Ottoman Turkish: خدا
  • Turkish: Hüda
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਖੁਦਾ (khudā)

  Shahmukhi script: خدا (xudā)

• → Southern Altai: кудай (kuday)
• → Shor: қудай
• → Shughni: xuδoy
• → Tatar: ходай (xoday)
• → Turkmen: hudaý

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “xwadāy”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 95

Sindhi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle Persian hwtʾy

Classical Persian خُدَای (xudāy)

Classical Persian خُدَا (xudā)bor.

Sindhi خدا

Borrowed from Classical Persian خُدَا (xudā), from خُدَای (xudāy), from Middle Persian hwtʾy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xʊ.d̪aː/, [kʰʊ.d̪aː]
• Rhymes: -aː

Proper noun

خُدا • (xudā) m (Devanagari ख़ुदा)

1. (religion) God

Further reading

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “خدا”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society, page 232
• Sindhi Language Authority (2026), “خدا”, in Online Sindhi Dictionaries‎^[1]

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خُدَا (xudā).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Pakistan):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

خُدا • (xudā) m (Hindi spelling ख़ुदा)

1. God

   مَخْلُوق میں خالِق نَظَر آیا ہو جِس کو اُس دیکھْنے والے نے خُدا کو دیکھا ہَے۔

   maxlūq mẽ xāliq nazar āyā ho jis ko us dekhne vāle ne xudā ko dekhā hai.

   Who has seen the creator in the creation, that observer has seen God.

2. god
3. lord
4. master, owner
5. (figurative) husband

Synonyms

• (God): اللہ (allā, allāh), الٰہ (ilāh)
• ایشور (īśvar)

Derived terms

• خدا حافظ (xudā hāfiz)

References

• “خدا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “خدا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “خدا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.