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"roman": "songen",
"sense": "state or condition of being holy",
"word": "尊厳"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "joneom",
"sense": "state or condition of being holy",
"word": "존엄"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "state or condition of being holy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pîrozî"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "state or condition of being holy",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "hellighet"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "state or condition of being holy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "heilagskap"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "taqaddos",
"sense": "state or condition of being holy",
"word": "تقدس"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "state or condition of being holy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "świętość"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "state or condition of being holy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "santidade"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svjátostʹ",
"sense": "state or condition of being holy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "свя́тость"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svjaščénnostʹ",
"sense": "state or condition of being holy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "свяще́нность"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "state or condition of being holy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "santidad"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "state or condition of being holy",
"word": "utakatifu"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "state or condition of being holy",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "helighet"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "state or condition of being holy",
"word": "kabanalan"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "pavitrata",
"sense": "state or condition of being holy",
"word": "పవిత్రత"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "state or condition of being holy",
"word": "kutsallık"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "state or condition of being holy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sancteiddrwydd"
}
],
"word": "holiness"
}
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