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kitáb-i-aqdas

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kitab-i-aq-das
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The central holy book in the Baháʼí Faith, literally "The Most Holy Book"

Etymology

Derived from Classical Persian کِتَابِ اَقْدَس (kitāb-i aqdas, literally “the holiest book”), from Arabic كِتاب (kitāb, “book”) + أَقْدَس (ʔaqdas, “holiest, exceedingly holy”), the latter word being elative of قِدِّيس (qiddīs) or قُدُّوس (quddūs), both “holy”.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ق د س, کِتَابِ اَقْدَس, كِتاب

Inflected Forms

Aqdas (alternative)

Questions

What does kitáb-i-aqdas mean?
The central holy book in the Baháʼí Faith, literally "The Most Holy Book"
Where does kitáb-i-aqdas come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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