اقدس
See also: أقدس
Arabic
Verb
اُقْدُسْ • (uqdus) (form I) /uq.dus/
- 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]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæʁ.d̪ǽs]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäq.d̪ǽs]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | aqdas |
| Dari reading? | aqdas |
| Iranian reading? | aġdas |
| Tajik reading? | aqdas |
Adjective
اقدس • (aqdas / aġdas) (Tajik spelling ақдас)
- (only in fixed expressions) holy, holiest
- ارض اقدس ― arz-e aqdas ― holy land
- (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)