اقدس

See also: أقدس

Arabic

Verb

اُقْدُسْ • (uqdus) (form I) /uq.dus/

1. second-person masculine singular imperative of قَدُسَ (qadusa)

Persian

FWOTD – 1 December 2024

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَقْدَس (ʔaqdas).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaq.ˈdas]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäq.d̪ǽs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäq.d̪ǽs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäq.d̪ǽs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäq.d̪ǽs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæʁ.d̪ǽs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäq.d̪ǽs]

Readings
Classical reading?	aqdas
Dari reading?	aqdas
Iranian reading?	ağdas
Tajik reading?	aqdas

Adjective

اقدس • (aqdas)

1. (only in fixed expressions) holy, holiest

   ارض اقدس ― arz-e aqdas ― holy land

2. (historical) Used as an honorific adjective for monarchs.
   • 1611, ʿAbd al-Sattār ibn Qāsim Lāhōrī, مجالس جهانگیری [Majālis-i Jahāngīrī]:

     نقیب خان و سادات خان برادر خان مذكور بعضی ناخوشیهای تعصب یـهودان و فرنگیان كه [به] همدیگر دارند, به عرضِ اقدس میرسانیدند. الحق تعصب این دو گروه از حدّ بیرون است.

     naqīb xān u sādāt xān barādar-i xān-i mazkūr ba'zē nāxwašī-hā-yi ta'assub-i yahūdān u farangīyān ki [ba] hamdīgar dārand, ba arz-i aqdas mē-rasānidand. alhaq ta'assob-i īn du gurōh az hadd bērōn ast.

     Naqīb Khān and Sādāt Khān (the brother of the former) made a humble speech to the emperor concerning some of the fanatical hatreds that the Jews and the Europeans had towards each other. In truth, the fanaticism of these two groups is beyond limits.

Derived terms

• ارض اقدس (arz-e aqdas)