kudus

kudus

1. plural of kudu

From Malay kudus from Arabic قُدُس (qudus).

kudus

1. holy

• Roh Kudus

From Malay kudus, from Arabic قُدُس (qudus).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkudus/ [ˈku.dʊs]
• Rhymes: -udus
• Syllabification: ku‧dus

kudus (comparative lebih kudus, superlative paling kudus)

1. holy; sacred

   Synonyms: keramat, murni, suci

• menguduskan (“to make sacred, to consecrate”)
• pengudusan (“consecration (process, act)”)
• kekudusan (“consecration (condition, state)”)
• Roh Kudus (“Holy Spirit”)

• “kudus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Arabic قُدُس (qudus).

kudus (Jawi spelling قدوس)

1. holy; sacred

   Synonym: suci

2. pure; clean

   Synonyms: murni, suci

Christian literature and terminology describing the sense of holy and sacred tends to use kudus influenced by the use of Hebrew קָדוֹשׁ (qɔḏoš) or קודש / קֹדֶשׁ (qṓḏeš) (incl. names of churches e.g. Katedral Hati Kudus Yesus); whereas Muslim literature tends to use suci.

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “قدوس koedoes”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 70
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “قدوس kudus”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 489
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “kudus”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 619

• “kudus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.