مقدسہ

Urdu

مقدسہ کیتھرین — St. Catherine

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُقَدَّسَة (muqaddasa), feminine of مُقَدَّس (muqaddas).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.qəd̪ː.əs.ɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

مُقَدَّسَہ • (muqaddasa) f (indeclinable, formal plural مُقَدَّسات (muqaddasāt), Hindi spelling मुक़द्दसा)

1. (religion) a female saint (chiefly used by Urdu-speaking Christians for their female saints)

   مُقَدَّسَہ مَرْیَم، یَسُوع کِی ماں۔

   muqaddasa maryam, yasū' kī mā̃.

   Saint Mary, mother of Jesus.

References

• “مقدسہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مقدسہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.