Linguistic Gap Analysis

Some Romans concepts have no single-word Kashmiri equivalent at all and require descriptive compounds; a distinct and larger category of terms has an available word, but that word is shared Islamic religious vocabulary carrying an already-settled, different meaning that must be addressed rather than assumed away.

Terms requiring compound phrases

• Justification (راستباز ٹھہرایہ گیہ — “declared righteous”): no single Kashmiri word captures the forensic, legal-declaration sense; must never be abbreviated to mere معافی (forgiveness), which loses the “declared,” not “made,” distinction.
• Imputed righteousness (دِتمُت راستبازی — “given/credited righteousness”): distinguishes credited righteousness from earned righteousness (حاصل کرمُت راستبازی, explicitly rejected). This distinction has no ready equivalent in either an Islamic deeds-weighing framework or Trika’s self-recognition framework and must be taught explicitly to both audiences.
• Incarnation (خُدا منش رُوپ منز آمت — “God came in human form”): a descriptive compound is required since no crystallized single term exists in available Kashmiri Christian literature that avoids both شرک (shirk) associations and اوتار (avatar) associations.

Terms requiring explicit re-definition of shared vocabulary

• Holy Spirit (پاک روح, never bare روح القدس): the Quranic phrase Ruh al-Qudus is widely identified in Islamic exegesis with the angel Gabriel; this is the single most consequential shared-vocabulary trap in this Language Package and must be flagged at every occurrence.
• Apostle (رسول): the same word names Muhammad’s specific title in mainstream Islamic usage; this curriculum must state explicitly, at first use, that Paul’s apostleship is a distinct New Testament office.
• Gospel / Messiah (انجیل / مسیح): both are genuine points of contact with Quranic vocabulary, but the content behind each word differs sharply and must be taught rather than assumed shared.

Gap-filling strategy

Where a Kashmiri word already exists but carries a settled, different meaning from Islamic theology, this Language Package prefers explicit re-teaching of the shared word over inventing an unfamiliar coinage that would lose the genuine point of contact. Where no word exists at all, a plain descriptive compound is preferred over an avatar- or shakti-derived borrowing from wider Indian religious vocabulary.