پروردگار

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [paɾ.waɾ.da.ɡɑːɾ~paɾ.waɾ.di.ɡɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.wäɾ.d̪ä.ɡɑːɾ~pʰäɾ.wäɾ.d̪ɪ.ɡɑːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.wäɾ.d̪ä.ɡɑːɾ~pʰäɾ.wäɾ.d̪ɪ.ɡɑːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.wäɾ.d̪ä.ɡɑːɾ~pʰäɾ.wäɾ.d̪ɪ.ɡɑːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.wäɾ.d̪ä.ɡɔːɾ~pʰäɾ.wäɾ.d̪i.ɡɔːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæɹ.væɹ.d̪æ.ɡɒːɹ~pʰæɹ.væɹ.d̪e.ɡɒːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.väɾ.d̪ä.ɡɔɾ~pʰäɾ.väɾ.d̪i.ɡɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	parwardagār~parwardigār
Dari reading?	parwardagār~parwardigār
Iranian reading?	parvardagâr~parvardegâr
Tajik reading?	parvardagor~parvardigor

Noun

Dari	پروردگار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	парвардагор

پروردگار • (parvardagâr, parvardegâr)

1. omnipotence (as nourishing all)
2. king
3. (obsolete) tutor

Proper noun

Dari	پروردگار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Парвардагор

پروردگار • (parvardagâr, parvardegâr)

1. God

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: pərvərdigara
• → Bengali: পরওয়ারদেগার (porōẇardegar)
• → Urdu: پروردگار (parvardigār)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “پروردگار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian پروردگار (parwardigār, “God”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pəɾ.ʋəɾ.d̪ɪ.ɡɑːɾ/, /pəɾ.wəɾ.d̪ɪ.ɡɑːɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

پروردگار • (parvardigār or parwardigār) m

1. God
2. providence
3. cherisher
4. inventor
5. (figurative) founder

Derived terms

• پاک پَرْوَرْدِگار (pāk-parvardigār, “holy God, divine God”)
• پَروَردِگارِ عالَم (parvardigār-e-'alam, “God as the protector of the world, Providence”)
• پَرْوَرْدِگارِ حَقیقی (parvardigār-e-haqīqī)
• پَروَردِگارِی (parvardigarī, “qualities of God”)
• صَنْعَتِ پَرْوَرْدِگار (san'at-e-parvardigār, “act of God, God's work”)
• مَشِیَّتِ پَروَرْدِگار (mašīyyat-e-parvardigār, “will of God, scheme of things as willed by God”)