The story
- Arabic · borrowed fromالْقُدْس“Jerusalem, 'the Holiness'”
- English todayal-Quds
From Arabic الْقُدْس (al-quds, “Jerusalem, 'the Holiness'”), shortened from مَدِينَة الْقُدْس (madīnat al-quds, “Jerusalem, 'City of Holiness'”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.