hususan

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Swahili

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic خُصُوصًا (ḵuṣūṣan).[1]

Adverb

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hususan

  1. especially, particularly

References

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  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 90 Nr. 974

Turkmen

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Etymology

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From Arabic خُصُوصًا (ḵuṣūṣan), adverbial accusative of خُصُوص (ḵuṣūṣ). Compare Azerbaijani xüsusən.

Adverb

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hususan

  1. especially, particularly, strictly