मुक़द्दस

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مقدس (muqaddas), from Arabic مُقَدَّس (muqaddas).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mʊ.qəd̪.d̪əs/, [mʊ.qɐd̪̚.d̪ɐs], /mʊ.kəd̪.d̪əs/, [mʊ.kɐd̪̚.d̪ɐs]

Adjective

मुक़द्दस • (muqaddas) (Urdu spelling مُقَدَّس)

1. holy, sacred, consecrated

   Synonym: पवित्र (pavitra)

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मुकद्दस”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मुक़द्दस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page मुक़द्दस
• Platts, John T. (1884) “مقدس”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “मुक़द्दस”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.