English Explanatory Dictionary

Aqdas

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The central holy book in the Baháʼí Faith.

Word forms

Aqdas Kitáb-i-Aqdas

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”.

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