خصوصا
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| خ ص ص (ḵ ṣ ṣ) |
| 21 terms |
Etymology
Adverbial accusative of خُصُوص (ḵuṣūṣ, “particularity, speciality”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xu.sˤuː.sˤan/
Adverb
خُصُوصًا • (ḵuṣūṣan)
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: xüsusən
- → Persian: خصوصا (xosusan)
- → Urdu: خصوصا (xusūsan)
- → Ottoman Turkish: خصوصا (husûsen)
- > Turkish: hususen (inherited)
- → Crimean Tatar: hususan
- → Swahili: hususan
- → Turkmen: hususan
- → Uyghur: خۇسۇسەن (xususen)
- → Uzbek: xususan
Persian
Alternative forms
- خصوصن (xosusan) (nonstandard)
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic خُصُوصًا (ḵuṣūṣan), adverbial accusative of خُصُوص (ḵuṣūṣ). By surface analysis, خصوص (xosus) + ـاً (-an).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /xu.suː.ˈsan/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xʊ.suː.sän]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xo.suː.sæn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χu.su.sän]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | xusūsan |
| Dari reading? | xusūsan |
| Iranian reading? | xosusan |
| Tajik reading? | xususan |
Adverb
خُصُوصًا • (xosusan)
- especially, particularly
- Synonyms: به خصوص (be xosus), علیالخصوص (alal-xosus), بالاخص (bel-axas), مخصوصاً (maxsusan), به ویژه (be viže)
South Levantine Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| خ ص ص |
| 6 terms |
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Arabic خُصُوصًا (ḵuṣūṣan).
Pronunciation
Adverb
خصوصًا • (ḵuṣūṣan)
- especially, mainly
- Synonym: خاصّة (ḵāṣṣatan)
See also
- خصوص (ḵṣūṣ, “matter, regard”)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خصوصا (xusūsan), from Arabic خُصُوصًا (ḵuṣūṣan, “especially”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xʊ.suː.sən/, /xə.suː.sən/
Adverb
خُصُوصاً • (xusūsan) (Hindi spelling ख़ुसूसन)