القدس

Arabic

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /al.quds/
  • Audio(file)
    • (Hijazi) IPA(key): [alɡʊds], [alqʊds]
    • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /ɪl.qu.ds/

Proper noun

الْقُدْس • (al-quds) f

  1. Jerusalem (the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine)

Declension
Declension of noun الْقُدْس (al-quds)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — الْقُدْس
al-quds		 —
Nominative — الْقُدْسُ
al-qudsu		 —
Accusative — الْقُدْسَ
al-qudsa		 —
Genitive — الْقُدْسِ
al-qudsi		 —

Synonyms

Descendants
  • → Bengali: কুদুস (kudus)
  • → English: al-Quds

South Levantine Arabic
Root
ق د س‎

Etymology

From Arabic الْقُدْس‎ (al-quds).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /il.ʔuds/, [ɪlˈʔʊds]
  • Audio (al-Lidd)(file)

Proper noun

القدس • (il-ʔuds) f

  1. Jerusalem (the capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine)

See also
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