Via Kazakh or Kipchak, from Persian خدا (xodâ, “God”).
Cognate with Bashkir хоҙай (xoðay), Karachay-Balkar къудай, Kazakh құдай (quday, “God”), Kyrgyz кудай (kuday, “God”), Khakas худай (xuday, “God”) ,Tatar ходай (xoday), Tuvan кудай (kuday, “God”), Uzbek xudo.
худай • (huday)