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 0-87950-003-4

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowing 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

Borrowing from Arabic خَاصّ‏ (ḵāṣṣ).

Adjective

خاصّ • (xāṣṣ) — Hindi spelling: ख़ास (xās)

1. special