خاصة

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See also: خاصه

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root خ ص ص (ḵ-ṣ-ṣ). Sense 5 is used in the Shi'ite vernacular and derives from the people that were closer to the Shi'ite's Imams (their "private" (people)), as opposed to the general public (اَلْعَامَّة (al-ʕāmma)).

Noun

خَاصَّة (ḵāṣṣaf (plural خَوَاصّ (ḵawāṣṣ))

  1. private possession
  2. property, characteristic
  3. essence, nature
  4. leading personalities, elite, the upper class
  5. (Shia Islam, definite, collective) people close to Ahl al-Bayt and the Shi'ite Imams, i.e. the Shia
    Synonym: شِيعَة (šīʕa)
    Antonym: عَامَّة (ʕāmma)
    • 1694-1698, Al-Majlisi, Bihar al-Anwar, Al-Wafa' Foundation edition, volume 29, page 106:
      نُزُولُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ فِي فَدَكَ رَوَاهُ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ الْمُفَسِّرِينَ ، وَوَرَدَتْ بِهِ الْأَخْبَارُ مِنْ طُرُقِ الْخَاصَّةِ وَالْعَامَّةِ.
      nuzūlu haḏihi l-ʔāyati fī fadaka rawāhu kaṯīrun mina l-mufassirīna , wawaradat bihi l-ʔaḵbāru min ṭuruqi al-ḵāṣṣati wālʕāmmati.
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Declension

Etymology 2

Adverbial accusative of خَاصَّة (ḵāṣṣa).

Adverb

خَاصَّةً (ḵāṣṣatan)

  1. especially, particularly, in particular
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: خاصةً (hassaten)
  • Somali: khaasatan
  • Swahili: hasa

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ ص ص
6 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic خَاصَّةً (ḵāṣṣatan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xaːsˤ.sˤa.tan/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Adverb

خاصّةً (ḵāṣṣatan)

  1. especially, mainly
    Synonym: خصوصا (ḵuṣūṣan)

See also

  • خاصّ (ḵāṣṣ, special, particular)