بیت‌المقدس

Persian

Alternative forms

• بیت المقدس

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَيْت الْمَقْدِس (bayt al-maqdis), but the less common word مَقْدِس (maqdis, “sanctuary, the Temple in Jerusalem”) was mistakenly read as the more common word مُقَدَّس (muqaddas, “holy, sacred”), which are visually identical when written without vowel diacritics.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [baj.tul.maq.ˈdis]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäj.t̪ʰʊl.mʊ.qäd̪.d̪ǽs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäj.t̪ʰʊl.mʊ.qäd̪.d̪ǽs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäj.t̪ʰʊl.mʊ.qäd̪.d̪ǽs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäj.t̪ʰul.mu.qäd̪.d̪ǽs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bejt̪ʰol.mo.ʁæd̪.d̪ǽs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäj.t̪ʰul.mu.qäd̪.d̪ǽs]

Readings
Classical reading?	baytul-maqdis
Dari reading?	baytul-muqaddas
Iranian reading?	beytol-moğaddas
Tajik reading?	baytul-muqaddas

Proper noun

Dari	بیت‌المقدس
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Байтулмуқаддас

بیت‌المقدس • (beyt-ol-moqaddas)

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

   Synonyms: اورشلیم (oršalim), قدس شریف (qods-e šarif)

   • c. 1160, Sōzanī of Samarqand, “Qaṣīda 95”, in دیوان سوزنی‎^[1]:

     بیت المقدس است دل تو بنور دین
     وه تا نه خوک خانه کند کافر فرنگ

     bayt-ul-maqdis ast dil-i tu ba nūr-i dīn
     wah tā na xūk xāna kunad kāfir-i firang

     Your heart is Jerusalem by the light of the faith;
     Woe should the Frankish unbeliever turn it into a pigsty!

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Usage notes

• This is the most common word for Jerusalem in Persian.

Descendants

• → Gujarati: બૈતુલમુકદ્દસ (baitulmukaddas)
• → Malay: Baitulmuqaddis
• → Pashto: بيت المقدس (bayt-ul-muqadas)
• → Urdu: بیت المقدس (bait-ul-muqaddas)