Khuda Hafiz

Khoda Hafez (Persian: خُدا حافِظ‬, Bengali: খোদা হাফেজ, Kurdish: خودا حافیز‬), usually shortened to Khodafez in Persian is a common parting phrase in the Persian language used in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Tajikistan and to a lesser extent, Iraq, Kurdistan. The locution is the most common parting phrase among both non-Muslims and Muslims in Iran.[1]

Meaning

Literally translated it is: "May God be your Guardian". Khoda, which is Middle Persian for God or Ahura Mazda, and hāfiz from Arabic hifz "protection".[2] The vernacular translation is, "Good-bye". The phrase is a loanword from Persian into the Kurdish, Sindhi, Urdu, Hindi, and Bengali languages.[2][3] It also can be defined as 'May God be your protector.'

Romanization

Transliterations may also include Khudā Hāfiz, Khudā Hāfez, and Khodā Hāfiz. One would traditionally respond with replying Khudā Hāfiz. Khuda Hafiz and the English term Goodbye have similar meanings. Goodbye is a contraction of "Go(o)d be with ye".[4] The word Good has the same connotation of God as in the phrase "Good Friday".

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Allah Hafiz instead of Khuda Hafiz, that's the worrying new mantra". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2007-03-31. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
  2. 1 2 "Khuda". Digital Dictionaries of South Asia: A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English. Archived from the original on 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
  3. ↑ "Hai Khuda Hafiz". Hindi Lyrix. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
  4. ↑ "good-bye. (n.d.). Online Etymology Dictionary". dictionary.com. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
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