құдай

See also: кудай and Құдай

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic قۇداي
İske imlâ خدا, خدای
Cyrillic құдай
Latin qūdai

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خدای (xudāy, “God; a god”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (hwtʾy /⁠xwadāy⁠/, “lord”), from Proto-Iranian *hwatā́wā (“lord, god”).

Compare also Bashkir хоҙай (xoźay), Tatar ходай (xoday), Kumyk худай (xuday), Karachay-Balkar къудай (quday), Southern Altai кудай (kuday, “God”), Uzbek xudo, Turkish Hüda; Northern Altai кудай (kuday), Khakas худай (xuday, “God”), Chulym қудай, Shor қудай, Tuvan кудай (kuday, “God”), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qʊˈdaj]

Noun

құдай • (qūdai)

  1. god, deity
    көп құдайға табынушылық ― köp qūdaiğa tabynuşylyq ― polytheism

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