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Arabic
Etymology
Adverbial accusative of خُصُوص (ḵuṣūṣ, “particularity, speciality”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
خُصُوصًا • (ḵuṣūṣan)
- especially, particularly
Descendants
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خُصُوصًا (ḵuṣūṣan), adverbial accusative of خُصُوص (ḵuṣūṣ). By surface analysis, خصوص (xosus) + ـاً (-an).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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xusūsan
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| Dari reading?
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xusūsan
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| Iranian reading?
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xosusan
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| Tajik reading?
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xususan
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Adverb
خُصُوصًا • (xosusan)
- especially, particularly
- Synonyms: به خصوص (be xosus), علیالخصوص (alal-xosus), بالاخص (bel-axas), مخصوصاً (maxsusan), به ویژه (be viže)
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Arabic خُصُوصًا (ḵuṣūṣan).
Pronunciation
Adverb
خصوصًا • (ḵuṣūṣan)
- especially, mainly
- Synonym: خاصّة (ḵāṣṣatan)
See also
- خصوص (ḵṣūṣ, “matter, regard”)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خصوصا (xusūsan), from Arabic خُصُوصًا (ḵuṣūṣan, “especially”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
خُصُوصاً • (xusūsan) (Hindi spelling ख़ुसूसन)
- especially, particularly
- mainly, primarily