ایزد

Persian

Etymology

From Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬙𐬀 (yazata, “worthy of reverence, worthy of devotion, worthy of worship”). Compare Sanskrit यजत (yajata) and Classical Syriac ܝܙܕ.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔeː.zað], [ʔeː.zið]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeː.zäd̪], [ʔeː.zɪd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeː.zäd̪], [ʔeː.zɪd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔeː.zäd̪], [ʔeː.zɪd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔeː.zäd̪̥], [ʔi.zid̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiː.zæd̪̥], [ʔiː.zed̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe.zäd̪], [ʔe.zid̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	ēzaḏ, ēziḏ
Dari reading?	ēzad, ēzid
Iranian reading?	izad, ized
Tajik reading?	ezad, ezid

Noun

Dari	ایزد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	эзид

ایزد • (izad, ized)

1. god
2. angel

Proper noun

ایزد • (izad, ized)

1. God
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی, volume II, verse 1314:

     ز انکه در راهست و ره زن بی‏حد است
     آن رهد کاو در امان ایزد است‏

     zi anki dar rāh-ast u rah zan bē-had ast
     ān rahad k-ō dar amān-i īzad ast

     Because he is (still) on the Way, and the brigands are numberless:
     (only) he escapes who is under God's safeguard.

2. an epithet of saints or prophets
3. a male given name, Izad or Ized, from Avestan

Derived terms

• ایزدی (izadi)

Related terms

• یزد (yazd)
• یزدان (yazdân)

Descendants

• → Urdu: ایزدی (ezid, īzid)

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian ایزد (ēzad, “God”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /iː.zɪd̪/, /eː.zɪd̪/, /iː.zəd̪/, /eː.zəd̪/

Proper noun

ایزد • (īzid or ezid) m

1. God

Synonyms

• خدا (xudā)

Derived terms

• ایزدی (īzidī, “Godly”)
• اِیزِد پَناہ (īzid-panāh, “protected by God”)

References

• “ایزد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ایزد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “ایزد”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “ایزد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.