Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- mtakatifu
- Transliteration
- mtakatifu
- Rejected alternatives
- safi (clean, reserve for ritual/physical cleanliness only)
Holy
mtakatifu (from Arabic quddus/taqdis root) is the only viable and well-established term, shared as devotional vocabulary across Christian and Islamic usage alike. safi (clean) must not substitute; it carries ritual/ceremonial purity connotations (relevant to both Islamic wudu and traditional cleansing rites) distinct from moral holiness.