مقدس

Meaning

Noun

a holy place; a sanctuary

Adj

1. sacred, holy
2. sanctified
3. consecrated

Concepts

holy

Jerusalem

reverent

sacred

saintly

sanctuary

sanctum

shrine

sacred thing

sacred things

sacred site

sacred sites

Synonyms

حرم

مقام

Translations

saint

heilig

santuario

santo

sacro

ιερός

άγιος

Heiligtum

sanctuaire

sainte

sacral

Wallfahrtskirche

sacrale

sacré

sakral

Etymology

ِApparently an irregular noun of place from قَدُسَ (qadusa, “to be holy”), occurring chiefly in an Arabic name for the Temple in Jerusalem, بَيْت المَقْدِس (bayt al-maqdis, “The House of the Holy Place”), with the regular form being مَقْدَس (maqdas). Compare مَطْلَع (maṭlaʕ, “rising place”) and its irregular variant, مَطْلِع (maṭliʕ). Compare also the irregular مَنْكِب (mankib, “shoulder-joint”), a derivation that Sībawayh, however, suspected to be a name for this body part rather than a noun of place.
Compare with Aramaic מַקְדְּשָׁא (maqdəšā), Hebrew מִקְדָּשׁ (miqdāsh), Punic 𐤌𐤉𐤒𐤃𐤔 (myqdš).