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خاص

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Arabic

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Root
خ ص ص (ḵ ṣ ṣ)
21 terms

Etymology

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

    Adjective

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    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

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    Declension of adjective خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ)
    singular masculine feminine
    basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    informal خَاصّ
    ḵāṣṣ
    الْخَاصّ
    al-ḵāṣṣ
    خَاصَّة
    ḵāṣṣa
    الْخَاصَّة
    al-ḵāṣṣa
    nominative خَاصٌّ
    ḵāṣṣun
    الْخَاصُّ
    al-ḵāṣṣu
    خَاصَّةٌ
    ḵāṣṣatun
    الْخَاصَّةُ
    al-ḵāṣṣatu
    accusative خَاصًّا
    ḵāṣṣan
    الْخَاصَّ
    al-ḵāṣṣa
    خَاصَّةً
    ḵāṣṣatan
    الْخَاصَّةَ
    al-ḵāṣṣata
    genitive خَاصٍّ
    ḵāṣṣin
    الْخَاصِّ
    al-ḵāṣṣi
    خَاصَّةٍ
    ḵāṣṣatin
    الْخَاصَّةِ
    al-ḵāṣṣati
    dual masculine feminine
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    informal خَاصَّيْن
    ḵāṣṣayn
    الْخَاصَّيْن
    al-ḵāṣṣayn
    خَاصَّتَيْن
    ḵāṣṣatayn
    الْخَاصَّتَيْن
    al-ḵāṣṣatayn
    nominative خَاصَّانِ
    ḵāṣṣāni
    الْخَاصَّانِ
    al-ḵāṣṣāni
    خَاصَّتَانِ
    ḵāṣṣatāni
    الْخَاصَّتَانِ
    al-ḵāṣṣatāni
    accusative خَاصَّيْنِ
    ḵāṣṣayni
    الْخَاصَّيْنِ
    al-ḵāṣṣayni
    خَاصَّتَيْنِ
    ḵāṣṣatayni
    الْخَاصَّتَيْنِ
    al-ḵāṣṣatayni
    genitive خَاصَّيْنِ
    ḵāṣṣayni
    الْخَاصَّيْنِ
    al-ḵāṣṣayni
    خَاصَّتَيْنِ
    ḵāṣṣatayni
    الْخَاصَّتَيْنِ
    al-ḵāṣṣatayni
    plural masculine feminine
    sound masculine plural sound feminine plural‎;
    basic broken plural diptote
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    informal خَاصِّين
    ḵāṣṣīn
    الْخَاصِّين
    al-ḵāṣṣīn
    خَاصَّات‎; خَوَاصّ
    ḵāṣṣāt‎; ḵawāṣṣ
    الْخَاصَّات‎; الْخَوَاصّ
    al-ḵāṣṣāt‎; al-ḵawāṣṣ
    nominative خَاصُّونَ
    ḵāṣṣūna
    الْخَاصُّونَ
    al-ḵāṣṣūna
    خَاصَّاتٌ‎; خَوَاصُّ
    ḵāṣṣātun‎; ḵawāṣṣu
    الْخَاصَّاتُ‎; الْخَوَاصُّ
    al-ḵāṣṣātu‎; al-ḵawāṣṣu
    accusative خَاصِّينَ
    ḵāṣṣīna
    الْخَاصِّينَ
    al-ḵāṣṣīna
    خَاصَّاتٍ‎; خَوَاصَّ
    ḵāṣṣātin‎; ḵawāṣṣa
    الْخَاصَّاتِ‎; الْخَوَاصَّ
    al-ḵāṣṣāti‎; al-ḵawāṣṣa
    genitive خَاصِّينَ
    ḵāṣṣīna
    الْخَاصِّينَ
    al-ḵāṣṣīna
    خَاصَّاتٍ‎; خَوَاصَّ
    ḵāṣṣātin‎; ḵawāṣṣa
    الْخَاصَّاتِ‎; الْخَوَاصِّ
    al-ḵāṣṣāti‎; al-ḵawāṣṣi

    Descendants

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    References

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    • 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

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    Etymology

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    From Arabic خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ).

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

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    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

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    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

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    Etymology

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    From Arabic خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ).

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

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    خاص (has)

    1. special
    2. particular, specific
    3. genuine

    Descendants

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    Persian

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Arabic خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ).

      Pronunciation

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      Adjective

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      Dari خاص
      Iranian Persian
      Tajik хос

      خاص (xâss) (comparative خاص‌تَر, superlative خاص‌تَرین)

      1. special
      2. particular
      3. specific

      Urdu

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      Etymology

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        Borrowed from Classical Persian خَاصّ (xāss), borrowed from Arabic خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ), from خَصَّ (ḵaṣṣa).

        Pronunciation

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        Adjective

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        خاص (xās) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling ख़ास)

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

        Further reading

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        • خاص”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
        • خاص”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
        • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خاص”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
        • Platts, John T. (1884) “خاص”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
        • S. W. Fallon (1879) “خاص”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
        • John Shakespear (1834) “خاص”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC