khedive
pronunciation
How to pronounce khedive in British English:
UK [kə'di:v]
How to pronounce khedive in American English:
US [kə'div]
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- Noun:
- one of the Turkish viceroys who ruled Egypt between 1867 and 1914
Word Origin
- khedive (n.)
- Turkish viceroy of Egypt, 1867, from French khédive, from Turkish khidiv, from Persian khidiw "prince," derivative of khuda "master, prince," from Old Persian khvadata- "lord," from compound *khvat-data-, literally "created from oneself," from khvat- (from PIE *swe-tos "from oneself," ablative of root *s(w)e-; see idiom) + data- "created."
Example
- 1. Farouk had commissioned a statue of his grandfather , khedive ismail , but by the time it arrived years later , reverence for the monarchy had given way to the egyptian republic and nascent pan-arabism - and the statue never took its place on that pedestal .