ख़ुलासा

Hindi

Alternative forms

खुलासा (khulāsā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُلَاصَة (ḵulāṣa). The primary senses are further influenced by खुलना (khulnā, “to open, come out”), but the lack of the suffix -आसा (-āsā) in other tadbhava words suggest this to be a folk conflation.

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /xʊ.lɑː.sɑː/, [xʊ.läː.säː], /kʰʊ.lɑː.sɑː/, [kʰʊ.läː.säː]

Noun

ख़ुलासा • (xulāsā) m (Urdu spelling خلاصہ)

opening, revealing, disclosure; leak
summary, synopsis
Synonym: सारांश (sārāñś)

Declension

Declension of *ख़ुलासा* (masc ā-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	ख़ुलासा xulāsā	ख़ुलासे xulāse
oblique	ख़ुलासे xulāse	ख़ुलासों xulāsõ
vocative	ख़ुलासे xulāse	ख़ुलासो xulāso

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “khulasa”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press