خاص

Arabic
Root
خ ص ص (ḵ-ṣ-ṣ)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
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Adjective

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
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
  • → Middle Armenian: խաս (xas)
  • → Azerbaijani: xas
  • → Bengali: খাস (khaś)
  • → Gujarati: ખાસ (khās)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: ख़ास (xās)
    Urdu: خاص (xās)
  • → Marathi: खास (khās)
  • → Malay: khas
    • → Indonesian: khas
  • → Northern Kurdish: xas
  • → Persian: خاص
  • → Punjabi: ਖ਼ਾਸ (xās)
  • → Tulu: ಖಾಸ (khāsa)
  • → Turkish: has
  • → Somali: xaas
  • → Swahili: hasa
  • → Uzbek: xos

References
  • 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

Etymology

From Arabic خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xaːsˤsˤ/

Adjective

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

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

Etymology

From Arabic خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /has/

Adjective

خاص • (has)

  1. special
  2. particular, specific
  3. genuine

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xɒːs/

Adjective
Dari خاص
Iranian Persian
Tajik хос

خاص • (xâss) (comparative خاص‌تَر (xâss-tar), superlative خاص‌تَرین (xâss-tarin))

  1. special
  2. particular
  3. specific

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

خاص • (xās) (Hindi spelling ख़ास)

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

References
  • “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, 2024.
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