khedive

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
18
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/kəˈdiːv/

Definition of khedive

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The title of the hereditary monarch of Egypt from 1805–1914, nominally ruling as a viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey.

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Etymology

From French khédive, from Ottoman Turkish خدیو (ḫediv, ḫıdiv), from Persian خدیو (xadêw, xedêw, “lord, master, king”), from Bactrian χοαδηο (khoadēo, “lord”).

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