خاصگی

Persian

Etymology

From خاص (xās) +‎ ـگی (-gī).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xɑː.sa.ɡiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.sä.ɡiː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.sä.ɡiː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.sä.ɡiː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.sä.ɡi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒː.sæ.ɡʲiː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.sä.ɡi]

Readings
Classical reading?	xāsagī
Dari reading?	xāsagī
Iranian reading?	xâsagi
Tajik reading?	xosagi

Noun

خاصگی • (xāsagī)

1. peculiarity, speciality
2. excellence, nobility
3. a king's favourite
4. royal page
5. treasurer

Descendants

• → Gujarati: ખાસગી (khāsgī)
• → Hindustani: xāsgī

  Hindi: ख़ासगी

  Urdu: خَاصْگِی

• → Kannada: ಖಾಸಗಿ (khāsagi)
• → Konkani: khājgī, khāsgī

  Devanagari script: खाजगी, खासगी

  Latin script: khazgi, khasgi

  Kannada script: ಖಾಜ್ಗೀ, ಖಾಸ್ಗೀ

• → Marathi:

  Devanagari script: खाजगी (khāj̈gī)

  Modi script: 𑘏𑘰𑘕𑘐𑘲 (khājgī)

• → Ottoman Turkish: خاصكی (hasseki, haseki)

  Turkish: haseki

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “خاصگی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خاصگی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خَاصَگِی (xāsagī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xɑːs.ɡiː/
• Hyphenation: خَاصْ‧گِی
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

خَاصْگِی • (xāsgī) f (Hindi spelling ख़ासगी)

1. speciality, peculiarity

Further reading

More information

• “خاصگی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• “خاصگی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خاص”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 281