خصوص

Arabic

Root
خ ص ص (ḵ ṣ ṣ)
21 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of خَصَّ (ḵaṣṣa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xu.sˤuːsˤ/
Rhymes: -uːsˤ

Noun

خُصُوص • (ḵuṣūṣ) m

Declension

Declension of noun **خُصُوص** (ḵuṣūṣ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خُصُوص ḵuṣūṣ	الْخُصُوص al-ḵuṣūṣ	خُصُوص ḵuṣūṣ
nominative	خُصُوصٌ ḵuṣūṣun	الْخُصُوصُ al-ḵuṣūṣu	خُصُوصُ ḵuṣūṣu
accusative	خُصُوصًا ḵuṣūṣan	الْخُصُوصَ al-ḵuṣūṣa	خُصُوصَ ḵuṣūṣa
genitive	خُصُوصٍ ḵuṣūṣin	الْخُصُوصِ al-ḵuṣūṣi	خُصُوصِ ḵuṣūṣi

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: xüsus
→ Chagatai: خُصُوص
- Uyghur: خۇسۇس (xusus)
- Uzbek: xusus
→ Hindustani:
- → Hindi: ख़ुसूस (xusūs)
- → Urdu: خُصُوص (xuṣūṣ)
→ Malay: khusus
- Indonesian: khusus
→ Ottoman Turkish: خُصُوص
- Turkish: husus
→ Punjabi: ਖ਼ਸੂਸ (xasūs), خُصُوص (xuṣūṣ)
→ Persian: خُصُوص (xosus)
→ Swahili: hususan
→ Somali: xusuus

References

Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “خصوص”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “خصوص”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic خُصُوص (ḵuṣūṣ).

Noun

خصوص • (husus)

Descendants

Turkish: husus

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خصوص”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 542
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “husus”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُصُوص (ḵuṣūṣ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xu.ˈsuːs/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊ.suːs]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊ.suːs]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xu.sus]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xo.súːs]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χu.sus]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xusūs
Dari reading^?	xusūs
Iranian reading^?	xosus
Tajik reading^?	xusus

Noun


Iranian Persian	خصوص
Dari	خصوص
Tajik	хусус

خصوص • (xusūs / xosus)

Derived terms

خصوصیت (xusūsiyyat / xosusiyat)
در خصوص (dar xusūs-i / dar xosus-e)

Adverb

خصوص • (xusūs / xosus)

especially, particularly

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ ص ص
6 terms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic خُصُوص (ḵuṣūṣ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xsˤuːsˤ/, [xsˤuːsˤ]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Noun

خصوص • (ḵṣūṣ) m

matter, regard (mainly used in derived terms)

Derived terms

بخصوص (bi-ḵṣūṣ, “concerning, regarding”)
خصوصا (ḵuṣūṣan, “especially, mainly”)
خصوصي (ḵuṣūṣi, “special; personal, private”)