UrsprungBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish خدیو (ḫediv, ḫıdiv), from Persian خدیو (xadêw, xedêw, “lord, master, king”). Cognate of French khédive.
- common-gender, historicalkhedive
Formerkediv(indefinite, nominative, singular) · kedivs(genitive, indefinite, singular) · kediven(definite, nominative, singular) · kedivens(definite, genitive, singular) · kediver(indefinite, nominative, plural) · kedivers(genitive, indefinite, plural) · kediverna(definite, nominative, plural) · kedivernas(definite, genitive, plural)