Glossary Term
Risk: High- Approved rendering
- Muqaddas
- Transliteration
- moo-kahd-DAHS
- Rejected alternatives
- pok (ritually clean)
Holy
Muqaddas = set apart for God, morally pure; the established term across Uzbek religious registers. Pok carries ritual-cleanliness connotations closer to tahorat (ritual ablution) purity.