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قُدْسِيَّة
Qudsia
QUD-see-yah
“Holy, sacred.”
About Qudsia
Qudsia is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "holy, sacred" — an Arabic-Urdu name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
From the Arabic root ق-د-س meaning 'holiness'. Qudsiya is 'of the sacred' — the same root as al-Quds, Jerusalem. (Al-Quddus, 'the Holy', is one of the names of God.) Used as a given name chiefly in South Asia.
Distinctively Pakistani and Indian.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic · Urdu
Gender
Girl
Also spelled
Qudsiya, Qudsiyah, Kudsia
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Qudsia is one such word.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Qudsia
- What does the name Qudsia mean?
- Qudsia (قُدْسِيَّة) means "Holy, sacred". From the Arabic root ق-د-س meaning 'holiness'. Qudsiya is 'of the sacred' — the same root as al-Quds, Jerusalem. (Al-Quddus, 'the Holy', is one of the names of God.) Used as a given name chiefly in South Asia.
- Is Qudsia a name from the Qur'an?
- Qudsia does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic-Urdu name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Qudsia a boy or a girl name?
- Qudsia is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Qudsia come from?
- Qudsia is an Arabic-Urdu name, built on the root letters Q-D-S. Distinctively Pakistani and Indian.
- How is Qudsia spelled?
- Qudsia is the most common English spelling. The same Arabic name (قُدْسِيَّة) is also written Qudsiya, Qudsiyah, and Kudsia. They are one name, not different names — the spelling only reflects how each family or country transliterates the Arabic.
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