Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- کلیسیا
- Transliteration
- kalīsiyā
- Rejected alternatives
- مسجد (mosque, never use), مندر (temple, never use)
Church
کلیسیا (transliterated) refers to the gathered assembly of believers. Must remain clearly distinct from both مسجد (mosque) and مندر (temple, relevant to Kashmiri Pandit religious geography), given how central both institutions are to Kashmir’s religious landscape.
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