خاص

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of خَصَّ‎ (ḵaṣṣa, “to favor, to endow, to be characteristic of, to concern”), from the root خ ص ص‎ (ḵ-ṣ-ṣ).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

خَاصّ • (ḵāṣṣ) (elative أَخَصّ‎ (ʾaḵaṣṣ))

1. special
2. particular
3. specific
4. designated (بِ‎ (bi) for)
5. characteristic (بِ‎ (bi) of)
6. distinguished
7. private
8. exclusive

Declension

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
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	خَاصَّات‎ ḵāṣṣāt	الْخَاصَّات‎ al-ḵāṣṣāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	خَاصَّاتٌ‎ ḵāṣṣātun	الْخَاصَّاتُ‎ al-ḵāṣṣātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	خَاصَّاتٍ‎ ḵāṣṣātin	الْخَاصَّاتِ‎ al-ḵāṣṣāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	خَاصَّاتٍ‎ ḵāṣṣātin	الْخَاصَّاتِ‎ al-ḵāṣṣāti

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “خاص”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَاصّ‎ (ḵāṣṣ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɒːs/

Adjective

Dari	خاص‎
Iranian Persian	خاص‎
Tajik	хос (xos)

خاص • (xâss) (comparative خاص‌تر‎, superlative خاص‌ترین‎)

1. special
2. particular
3. specific

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَاصّ‎ (ḵāṣṣ).

Adjective

خاصّ • (xāṣṣ) (Hindi spelling ख़ास)

1. special