اقدس

See also: أقدس

Arabic

Verb

اُقْدُسْ • (uqdus) (form I)

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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَقْدَس (ʔaqdas).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäq.d̪ǽs]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔäq.d̪ǽs]
    • (Hazaragi) 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 اقدسarz-e aqdasholy 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'zī-yi 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 was beyond limits.

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