قدسی
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قُدْسِيّ (qudsiyy). By surface analysis, قدس (qods) + ـی (-i, suffix forming adjectives).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /qud.ˈsiː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [qʊd̪.síː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [qod̪.síː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [qud̪.sí]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | qudsī |
| Dari reading? | qudsī |
| Iranian reading? | ġodsi |
| Tajik reading? | qudsi |
Adjective
قدسی • (qodsi)
- celestial, heavenly
- (Islam, of a hadith) transmitting words of God not found in the Quran
- Jerusalemite
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “قدسی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “قدسی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press