خالص

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of خَلَصَ‎ (ḵalaṣa, “to be pure, to be clear, to be free from”), from the root خ ل ص‎ (ḵ-l-ṣ).

Adjective

خَالِص • (ḵāliṣ) (feminine خَالِصَة‎ (ḵāliṣa), common plural خُلَّص‎ (ḵullaṣ), masculine plural خَالِصُون‎ (ḵāliṣūn), feminine plural خَالِصَات‎ (ḵāliṣāt) or خَوَالِص‎ (ḵawāliṣ), elative أَخْلَص‎ (ʔaḵlaṣ))

  1. pure, unmixed
  2. clear
  3. sincere, true
    ‏لَكَ خَالِصُ الشُّكْرِ‎
    laka ḵāliṣu š-šukri
    My sincere gratitude
  4. free (from), exempt, liberated

Declension

Descendants

  • Maltese: ħieles
  • Azerbaijani: xalis
  • Persian: خالص‎
  • Turkish: halis
  • → Swahili: halisi

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “خالص”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “خلص”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

خَالِص • (ḵāliṣ) m (plural خُلَّص‎ (ḵullaṣ))

  1. the best of a thing, essence, extract

Declension

References

Egyptian Arabic

Adverb

خالص • (khaaleṣ) (خَالِص)

  1. (with negative) at all
    • احنا مش عايزين كده خالص.‎
      i7na mish 3ayezeen kada 5ales.
      We don't want that at all.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ ل ص‎

Etymology

From Arabic خَالِص‎ (ḵāliṣ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xaː.lisˤ/, [ˈxɑː.lɪsˤ]
  • (file)

Adjective

خالص • (ḵāleṣ) (feminine خالصة‎ (ḵālṣa), common plural خالصين‎ (ḵālṣīn))

  1. completed, finished, ready

Derived terms

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