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

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in the Persian language.Babylon
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Khuda Khuda or Khoda ( fa, خدا) is the Persian word for "Lord" or "God". Originally, it was used in reference to Ahura Mazda (the name of the God in Zoroastrianism). Iranian languages, Turkic languages, and many Indo-Aryan languages employ the word ...

or God. The word has

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

roots and comes from ''parva-'' meaning to foster, cherish, to nurture, to develop/care for. ''Digar'', when applied in this sense, means "again and again." Thus ''Parvardigar'' means "to care again and again."

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