خصوص

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ص ص‎ (ḵ-ṣ-ṣ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xu.sˤuːsˤ/

Noun

خُصُوص • (ḵuṣūṣ) m

  1. particularity, speciality, specialty, peculiarity
  2. particular attachment, friendship, affection

Declension

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: xüsus
  • → Chagatai: خصوص‎
    • Uyghur: خۇسۇس‎ (xusus)
    • Uzbek: xusus
  • → Malay: khusus
  • → Ottoman Turkish: خصوص‎
    • Turkish: husus
  • → Persian: خصوص‎ (xosus)
  • → Urdu: خصوص‎ (xusūs)

References

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic خُصُوص‎ (ḵuṣūṣ).

Noun

خصوص • (husus)

  1. subject, matter
  2. particularity

Descendants

  • Turkish: husus

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911), “خصوص”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, 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

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /xusus/

Noun

Dari خصوص
Iranian Persian
Tajik хусус (xusus)

خصوص • (xosus)

  1. peculiarity
  2. concern, regard

Derived terms

  • در خصوص‎ (dar xosus-e)

Adverb

خصوص • (xosus)

  1. especially, particularly

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ ص ص‎

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic خُصُوص‎ (ḵuṣūṣ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xsˤuːsˤ/, [xsˤuːsˤ]
  • (file)

Noun

خصوص • (ḵṣūṣ) m

  1. matter, regard (mainly used in derived terms)

Derived terms

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