Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- ਪਵਿੱਤਰ
- Transliteration
- pavittar
- Rejected alternatives
- ਸ਼ੁੱਧ
Holy
Set apart for God and morally pure. Unlike several other terms in this glossary, ਪਵਿੱਤਰ is comparatively low-risk: it is also the natural word Sikh scripture and liturgy use for sacred purity (e.g. Amrit described as pavittar), so it carries no contradictory theological baggage here — an area of genuine overlap rather than collision.