خاص

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Arabic

Root
خ ص ص (ḵ-ṣ-ṣ)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of خَصَّ (ḵaṣṣa, to favor, to endow, to be characteristic of, to concern).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ) (feminine خَاصَّة (ḵāṣṣa), masculine plural خَاصُّونَ (ḵāṣṣūna), feminine plural خَاصَّات (ḵāṣṣāt) or خَوَاصُّ (ḵawāṣṣu), elative أَخَصّ (ʔaḵaṣṣ))

  1. special
  2. particular
  3. specific
  4. designated (بِ (bi) for)
  5. characteristic (بِ (bi) of)
  6. distinguished
  7. private
  8. exclusive

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “خاص”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

خاص (ḵāṣṣ) (feminine خاصة (ḵāṣṣa), common plural خواص (ḵawāṣṣ), masculine plural خاصين (ḵāṣṣīn), feminine plural خاصات (ḵāṣṣāt), elative أخص (ʔaḵaṣṣ))

  1. special
  2. particular
  3. specific
  4. designated (ب (b-) for)
  5. characteristic (ب (b-) of)
  6. private

Preposition

خاص (ḵāṣṣ)

  1. (false verb) should; need
    خاصني نمشي للمكتبة باش ناخد داك الكتاب اللي هدرت لك عليه.
    ḵāṣṣni namši l-el-maktaba bāš nāḵud dāk l-ektāb elli hdartlak ʕlīh
    I need to go to the library to get the book I've talked to you about.
    خاصه يجمع راسه قبل ما يفوت الفوت.
    ḵāṣṣu yijmaʕ rāsu qbal ma yfūt el-fūt
    He needs to get his shit together before it is too late.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

خاص (has)

  1. special
  2. particular, specific
  3. genuine

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

Dari خاص
Iranian Persian
Tajik хос

خاص (xâss) (comparative خاص‌تَر (xâss-tar), superlative خاص‌تَرین (xâss-tarin))

  1. special
  2. particular
  3. specific

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

خاص (xās) (Hindi spelling ख़ास)

  1. special
  2. particular, specific
  3. extraordinary
  4. peculiar

References

  • خاص”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • خاص”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.