خصوص

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Arabic

Root
خ ص ص (ḵ ṣ ṣ)
20 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of خَصَّ (ḵaṣṣa).

Pronunciation

Noun

خُصُوص (ḵuṣūṣm

  1. particularity, speciality, specialty, peculiarity
  2. particular attachment, friendship, affection

Declension

Descendants

References

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic خُصُوص (ḵuṣūṣ).

Noun

خصوص (husus)

  1. subject, matter
  2. particularity

Descendants

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خصوص”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 542
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “husus”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُصُوص (ḵuṣūṣ).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? xusūs
Dari reading? xusūs
Iranian reading? xosus
Tajik reading? xusus

Noun

Dari خصوص
Iranian Persian
Tajik хусус

خصوص (xosus)

  1. peculiarity
  2. concern, regard

Derived terms

Adverb

خصوص (xosus)

  1. especially, particularly

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ ص ص
6 terms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic خُصُوص (ḵuṣūṣ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xsˤuːsˤ/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

خصوص (ḵṣūṣm

  1. matter, regard (mainly used in derived terms)

Derived terms

  • بخصوص (bi-ḵṣūṣ, concerning, regarding)
  • خصوصا (ḵuṣūṣan, especially, mainly)
  • خصوصي (ḵuṣūṣi, special; personal, private)