خصوصی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُصُوصِيّ (ḵuṣūṣiyy). By surface analysis, خصوص (xosus) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xu.suː.ˈsiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊ.suː.síː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊ.suː.síː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊ.suː.síː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xu.su.sí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xo.suː.síː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χu.su.sí]

Readings
Classical reading?	xusūsī
Dari reading?	xusūsī
Iranian reading?	xosusi
Tajik reading?	xususi

Adjective

خصوصی • (xosusi)

1. private (various senses)

   یه چیز خصوصی ― ye čiz-e xosusi ― something private

   زندگی خصوصی ― zendegi-ye xosusi ― private life

   بخش خصوصی ― baxš-e xosusi ― private sector

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُصُوصِيّ (ḵuṣūṣiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xʊ.suː.siː/

Adjective

خُصُوصی • (xusūsī) (Hindi spelling ख़ुसूसी)

1. special, peculiar, particular
2. personal, private

References

• “خصوصی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “خصوصی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.