χοαδηο

Bactrian

FWOTD – 13 May 2014

Alternative forms

χοδδηιο (xoddēio)
χοδδηοο (xoddēoo)
χοδδηο (xoddēo)
χοηοι (xoēoi), χοηοο (xoēoo), χοηο (xoēo) (shortened)

Etymology

From Old Iranian *hwa-tāwan-, from Proto-Iranian *hwa- (“self”), from Proto-Indo-European *swé + *taw- (“to be powerful”), calque of Ancient Greek αὐτοκράτωρ (autokrátōr).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xʷadeːw/

Noun

χοαδηο (xoadēo)

lord

Related terms

χοηναγγο (xoēnaggo, “royal”)

Descendants

→ Persian: خدیو‎ (xadêv)
- → Armenian: խեդիվ (xediv)
- → Ottoman Turkish: خدیو‎ (ḫediv, ḫıdiv)
  - → Arabic: خديو‎ (xidīw), خديوي‎ (xidīwī)
  - → French: khédive
    - → English: khedive
  - Turkish: hediv, hıdiv, hidiv
- → Hindustani:
  - Urdu: خدیو‎ (khadev, khidev, khidīv)
→ Sogdian: 𐫟𐫏𐫔𐫏𐫇‎ (xyδyw)

References

Nicholas Sims-Williams (December 15, 1988), "Bactrian language", Encyclopædia Iranica
زهره زرشناس (تابستان ۱۳۹۰)، «وام‌واژهٔ خدیو در شاهنامهٔ فردوسی» [The Loan- word Khadiv in Firdowsi’s Shahnameh]، زبان‌شناخت، پژوهشگاه علوم انسانی و مطالعات فرهنگی، دورهٔ ۲، شمارهٔ ۳، صص ۶۱–۶۷.‎

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