القدس

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القدس

/al.quds/
[alɡʊds] Hijazi
[alqʊds] Hijazi
/(ɪ)l.quds/ Moroccan

Where it comes from

Ellipsis of مَدِينَة الْقُدْس (madīnat al-quds), a calque of Classical Syriac ܡܕܝܢܬ ܩܘܕܫܐ (məḏīnaṯ quḏšā), from Hebrew עִיר הַקֹּדֶשׁ (ʿîr haq-qṓḏeš, “the city of holiness”). Morphologically the definite of قُدْس (quds), from the root ق د س (q d s).

proper noun الْقُدْس · al-quds · -

Jerusalem (a city in the Holy Land between the Mediterranean Sea and Dead Sea, holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the claimed capital city of both Israel and Palestine) الْبَيْتُ لَنَا وَٱلْقُدْسُ لَنَا وَبِأَيْدِينَا سَنُعِيدُ بَهَاءَ ٱلْقُدْسِ بِأَيْدِينَا لِلْقُدْسِ سَلَام آتٍ
Similar: أُورُشَلِيم, بَيْت الْمُقَدَّس

In English

Jerusalem city in the Holy Land

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"القدس." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {القدس},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}