Parvardegār or Parwardigār (; ) is an appellation or title for

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in the Persian language.Babylon
/ref> Its literal meaning is sustainer, a name metaphorically and attributively used for

Khuda Khuda (, ) or Khoda is the Persian word for God. Originally, it was used as a noun in reference to Ahura Mazda (the name of the God in Zoroastrianism). Iranian languages, Turkic languages, and many Indo-Aryan languages employ the word. Today, i ...

or God. The word has

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roots and comes from the past stem of ''parwardan'' meaning to foster, cherish, to nurture, to develop/care for, to sustain. The suffix ''-gar'' (lit. 'doer'), when applied in this sense, makes the word an active noun. Thus ''Parvardigar'' means "the One who sustains." It corresponds to the Arabic name for God in Islam Razzaq.

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