Glossary Term
Risk: Critical- Approved rendering
- خُداوند
- Transliteration
- Khudāwand
- Rejected alternatives
- مالِک (owner/master, reserve for ordinary human authority contexts)
Lord
CRITICAL: خُداوند (a Persian-rooted compound, ‘possessor of Khuda/God,’ attested in regional Christian Bible translation) conveys exclusive, supreme Lordship. Must not be softened to a term implying merely a great teacher or venerated Sufi master (pir), a real and respected category within the Kashmiri Rishi tradition.