Etymology
This title, known for its use by the Muhammad Ali Dynasty of Egypt and Sudan, is recorded in English since 1867, derived via the French khédive; based on the Turkish hıdiv which itself derived from the Persian خدیو khidiv (prince), a derivative of خدا khoda "master, prince" from Old Persian khvadata- "lord," from the compound khvat-data-, literally "created from oneself," from khvat- (from the Proto-Indo-European root swe-tos "from oneself," ablative of base s(w)e- ) + data- "created."
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