قدسی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قُدْسِيّ (qudsiyy). By surface analysis, قدس (qods) +‎ ـی (-i, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qud.ˈsiː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qʊd̪.síː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qʊd̪.síː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qʊd̪.síː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qud̪.sí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qod̪.síː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qud̪.sí]

Readings
Classical reading?	qudsī
Dari reading?	qudsī
Iranian reading?	ġodsi
Tajik reading?	qudsi

Adjective

قدسی • (qodsi)

1. celestial, heavenly
2. (Islam, of a hadith) transmitting words of God not found in the Quran
3. Jerusalemite

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “قدسی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “قدسی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press