خالص

Arabic

Etymology

Root
خ ل ص (ḵ-l-ṣ)

Derived from the active participle of خَلَصَ (ḵalaṣa, “to be pure, to be clear, to be free from”).

Adjective

خَالِص • (ḵāliṣ) (feminine خَالِصَة (ḵāliṣa), common plural خُلَّص (ḵullaṣ), masculine plural خَالِصُون (ḵāliṣūn), feminine plural خَالِصَات (ḵāliṣāt) or خَوَالِص (ḵawāliṣ), elative أَخْلَص (ʔaḵlaṣ))

1. pure, unmixed
2. clear
3. sincere, true

   لَكَ خَالِصُ الشُّكْرِ

   laka ḵāliṣu š-šukri

   My sincere gratitude

4. free (from), exempt, liberated

Declension

Declension of adjective خَالِص (ḵāliṣ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَالِص ḵāliṣ	الْخَالِص al-ḵāliṣ	خَالِصَة ḵāliṣa	الْخَالِصَة al-ḵāliṣa
Nominative	خَالِصٌ ḵāliṣun	الْخَالِصُ al-ḵāliṣu	خَالِصَةٌ ḵāliṣatun	الْخَالِصَةُ al-ḵāliṣatu
Accusative	خَالِصًا ḵāliṣan	الْخَالِصَ al-ḵāliṣa	خَالِصَةً ḵāliṣatan	الْخَالِصَةَ al-ḵāliṣata
Genitive	خَالِصٍ ḵāliṣin	الْخَالِصِ al-ḵāliṣi	خَالِصَةٍ ḵāliṣatin	الْخَالِصَةِ al-ḵāliṣati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَالِصَيْن ḵāliṣayn	الْخَالِصَيْن al-ḵāliṣayn	خَالِصَتَيْن ḵāliṣatayn	الْخَالِصَتَيْن al-ḵāliṣatayn
Nominative	خَالِصَانِ ḵāliṣāni	الْخَالِصَانِ al-ḵāliṣāni	خَالِصَتَانِ ḵāliṣatāni	الْخَالِصَتَانِ al-ḵāliṣatāni
Accusative	خَالِصَيْنِ ḵāliṣayni	الْخَالِصَيْنِ al-ḵāliṣayni	خَالِصَتَيْنِ ḵāliṣatayni	الْخَالِصَتَيْنِ al-ḵāliṣatayni
Genitive	خَالِصَيْنِ ḵāliṣayni	الْخَالِصَيْنِ al-ḵāliṣayni	خَالِصَتَيْنِ ḵāliṣatayni	الْخَالِصَتَيْنِ al-ḵāliṣatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَالِصِين‎; خُلَّص ḵāliṣīn‎; ḵullaṣ	الْخَالِصِين‎; الْخُلَّص al-ḵāliṣīn‎; al-ḵullaṣ	خَالِصَات‎; خَوَالِص‎; خُلَّص ḵāliṣāt‎; ḵawāliṣ‎; ḵullaṣ	الْخَالِصَات‎; الْخَوَالِص‎; الْخُلَّص al-ḵāliṣāt‎; al-ḵawāliṣ‎; al-ḵullaṣ
Nominative	خَالِصُونَ‎; خُلَّصٌ ḵāliṣūna‎; ḵullaṣun	الْخَالِصُونَ‎; الْخُلَّصُ al-ḵāliṣūna‎; al-ḵullaṣu	خَالِصَاتٌ‎; خَوَالِصُ‎; خُلَّصٌ ḵāliṣātun‎; ḵawāliṣu‎; ḵullaṣun	الْخَالِصَاتُ‎; الْخَوَالِصُ‎; الْخُلَّصُ al-ḵāliṣātu‎; al-ḵawāliṣu‎; al-ḵullaṣu
Accusative	خَالِصِينَ‎; خُلَّصًا ḵāliṣīna‎; ḵullaṣan	الْخَالِصِينَ‎; الْخُلَّصَ al-ḵāliṣīna‎; al-ḵullaṣa	خَالِصَاتٍ‎; خَوَالِصَ‎; خُلَّصًا ḵāliṣātin‎; ḵawāliṣa‎; ḵullaṣan	الْخَالِصَاتِ‎; الْخَوَالِصَ‎; الْخُلَّصَ al-ḵāliṣāti‎; al-ḵawāliṣa‎; al-ḵullaṣa
Genitive	خَالِصِينَ‎; خُلَّصٍ ḵāliṣīna‎; ḵullaṣin	الْخَالِصِينَ‎; الْخُلَّصِ al-ḵāliṣīna‎; al-ḵullaṣi	خَالِصَاتٍ‎; خَوَالِصَ‎; خُلَّصٍ ḵāliṣātin‎; ḵawāliṣa‎; ḵullaṣin	الْخَالِصَاتِ‎; الْخَوَالِصِ‎; الْخُلَّصِ al-ḵāliṣāti‎; al-ḵawāliṣi‎; al-ḵullaṣi

Descendants

Descendants

• Maltese: ħieles
• → Azerbaijani: xalis
• → Persian: خالص
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਖਾਲਸ (khālas)

  Shahmukhi script: خالص (xālaṣ)

• → Turkish: halis
• → Swahili: halisi

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “خالص”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “خلص”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

خَالِص • (ḵāliṣ) m (plural خُلَّص (ḵullaṣ))

1. the best of a thing, essence, extract

Declension

Declension of noun خَالِص (ḵāliṣ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَالِص ḵāliṣ	الْخَالِص al-ḵāliṣ	خَالِص ḵāliṣ
Nominative	خَالِصٌ ḵāliṣun	الْخَالِصُ al-ḵāliṣu	خَالِصُ ḵāliṣu
Accusative	خَالِصًا ḵāliṣan	الْخَالِصَ al-ḵāliṣa	خَالِصَ ḵāliṣa
Genitive	خَالِصٍ ḵāliṣin	الْخَالِصِ al-ḵāliṣi	خَالِصِ ḵāliṣi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَالِصَيْن ḵāliṣayn	الْخَالِصَيْن al-ḵāliṣayn	خَالِصَيْ ḵāliṣay
Nominative	خَالِصَانِ ḵāliṣāni	الْخَالِصَانِ al-ḵāliṣāni	خَالِصَا ḵāliṣā
Accusative	خَالِصَيْنِ ḵāliṣayni	الْخَالِصَيْنِ al-ḵāliṣayni	خَالِصَيْ ḵāliṣay
Genitive	خَالِصَيْنِ ḵāliṣayni	الْخَالِصَيْنِ al-ḵāliṣayni	خَالِصَيْ ḵāliṣay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُلَّص ḵullaṣ	الْخُلَّص al-ḵullaṣ	خُلَّص ḵullaṣ
Nominative	خُلَّصٌ ḵullaṣun	الْخُلَّصُ al-ḵullaṣu	خُلَّصُ ḵullaṣu
Accusative	خُلَّصًا ḵullaṣan	الْخُلَّصَ al-ḵullaṣa	خُلَّصَ ḵullaṣa
Genitive	خُلَّصٍ ḵullaṣin	الْخُلَّصِ al-ḵullaṣi	خُلَّصِ ḵullaṣi

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “خالص”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

Egyptian Arabic

Adverb

خالص • (khaaleṣ) (خَالِص)

1. (with negative) at all
   • احنا مش عايزين كده خالص.

     i7na mish 3ayezeen kada 5ales.

     We don't want that at all.

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَالِص (ḵāliṣ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xɑː.ˈlis]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.lɪ́s]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.lɪ́s]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.lɪ́s]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.lís]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒː.lés]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.lís]

Readings
Classical reading?	xālis
Dari reading?	xālis
Iranian reading?	xâles
Tajik reading?	xolis

Adjective

خالص • (xâles)

1. pure, unmixed

   کافئین خالص به صورت پودر سفید رنگ و تلخ می‌باشد.

   kâfe'in-e xâles be surat-e pudr-e sefid rang o talx mi-bâšad.

   Pure caffeine is in the form of a white-colored and bitter powder.

2. sincere

   سبک بیان این شاعر خالص است.

   sabk-e bayân-e in šâ'er xâles ast.

   The expression style of this poet is sincere.

3. (of income) net

   درآمد خالص ― darâmad-e xâles ― net income

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “خالص”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “خالص”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ ل ص
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic خَالِص (ḵāliṣ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaː.lisˤ/, [ˈxɑː.lɪsˤ]

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Adjective

خالص • (ḵāleṣ) (feminine خالصة (ḵālṣa), common plural خالصين (ḵālṣīn))

1. completed, finished, ready

Derived terms

• عالخالص (ʕa-l-ḵāleṣ, “totally, extremely”)