شخص

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.xa.sˤa/

Verb

شَخَصَ • (šaḵaṣa) I, non-past يَشْخَصُ‎ (yašḵaṣu)

1. to rise, to tower up
2. to become high, to become lofty
3. to rise, to ascend
4. to appear
5. to stare, to gaze
6. to be glazed over
7. to start out, to leave, to depart
8. to travel, to journey
9. to pass

Conjugation

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃax.xa.sˤa/

Verb

شَخَّصَ • (šaḵḵaṣa) II, non-past يُشَخِّصُ‎ (yušaḵḵiṣu)

1. to personify, to represent as a person, to represent as an individual
2. to specify, to identify
3. to act, to perform, to play (a part, role)
4. to diagnose (a disease)

Conjugation

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaxsˤ/

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Noun

شَخْص • (šaḵṣ) m (plural أَشْخَاص (ʔašḵāṣ) or شُخُوص (šuḵūṣ))

1. person, individual
   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 19:22:

     أَتَعْجَبُونَ مِنْ غَيْرَةِ سَعْدٍ؟ فَوَٱللَّٰهِ لَأَنَا أَغْيَرُ مِنْهُ، وَٱللَّهُ أَغْيَرُ مِنِّي، مِنْ أَجْلِ غَيْرَةِ اللَّهِ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ، وَلَا شَخْصَ أَغْيَرُ مِنَ اللَّهِ، وَلَا شَخْصَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ الْعُذْرُ مِنَ اللَّهِ، مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنْذِرِينَ، وَلَا شَخْصَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ الْمِدْحَةُ مِنَ اللَّهِ، مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ.

     ʔataʕjabūna min ḡayrati saʕdin? fawal-lāhi laʔanā ʔaḡyaru minhu, wal-lahu ʔaḡyaru minnī, min ʔajli ḡayrati l-lahi ḥarrama l-fawāḥiša mā ẓahara minhā wamā baṭana, walā šaḵṣa ʔaḡyaru mina l-lahi, walā šaḵṣa ʔaḥabbu ʔilayhi l-ʕuḏru mina l-lahi, min ʔajli ḏalika baʕaṯa l-lahu l-mursalīna mubašširīna wamunḏirīna, walā šaḵṣa ʔaḥabbu ʔilayhi l-midḥatu mina l-lahi, min ʔajli ḏalika waʕada l-lahu l-jannata.

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   • (Can we date this quote?), Umar Ibn Abi Rabī'ah, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     فَكَانَ مِجَنِّي دُونَ مَنْ كُنْتُ أَتَّقِي / ثَلَاثَ شُخُوصٍ كَاعِبَانِ وَمُعْصِرُ

     fakāna mijannī dūna man kuntu ʔattaqī / ṯalāṯa šuḵūṣin kāʕibāni wamuʕṣiru

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. figure, character

Declension

Descendants

• → Classical Persian: شَخْص (šaxṣ /⁠šaxs⁠/)
  • Persian: شخص (šaxṣ /⁠šaxs⁠/)
  • → Azerbaijani: şəxs
  • → Bashkir: шәхес (şəxes)
  • → Bengali: শখ্‌স (śokhs), আশখাস (aśokhaś)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: شخص
    • Turkish: şahıs
  • → Tatar: шәхес (şäxes)
  • → Urdu: شخص (śaxs)
• → Uzbek: shaxs

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic شَخْص (šaḵṣ).

Pronunciation

Noun

شخص • (šaxs) (plural اشخاص (ašxâs) or شخص‌ها (šaxs-hâ) or شخصان (šaxsân))

1. person, individual

Derived terms

• شخصا (šaxsan)
• شخصی (šaxsi)
• شخصیت (šaxsiyat)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic شَخْص (šaḵṣ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaxsˤ/,

• Audio (Jerusalem)

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Noun

شخص • (šaḵṣ) m (plural أشخاص (ʔašḵāṣ) or شخاص (šḵāṣ))

1. person, individual
2. character (in a play, film etc.)
3. statuette, figurine

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شخص (šaxs), from Arabic شَخْص (šaḵṣ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃəxs/

Noun

شخص • (śaxs) m (Hindi spelling शख़्स)

1. person, individual