Aqdas

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Persian کتاب اقدس (ketâb-e aqdas, in Baháʼí transliteration Kitáb-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”.

Proper noun[edit]

Aqdas

  1. The central holy book in the Baháʼí Faith.

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