Khuda

Khuda

Khuda or Khoda or ‘’’খোদা’’’ (Persian: خدا‎) is the Persian word for "Lord" or "God". Originally, it was used in reference to Ahura Mazda (the name of the God in Zoroastrianism). Iranian languages, Turkic languages, and many Indo-Aryan languages employ the word. Today, it is a word that is largely used in the non-Arabic Islamic world, with wide usage from its native country Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, and some Muslim-majority areas of southern and southwestern Russia. Some languages in northern India have also incorporated the word as a loanword from Persian, mainly due to extensive Persian cultural influence in the region.

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