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 табынушылықköp qūdaiğa tabynuşylyqpolytheism

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