خصوصیت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُصُوصِيَّة (ḵuṣūṣiyya). By surface analysis, خصوص (xusūs / xosus) +‎ ـیت (-iyyat / -iyyat).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	xusūsiyyat
Dari reading?	xusūsiyat
Iranian reading?	xosusiyyat
Tajik reading?	xususiyat

Noun

خصوصیت • (xusūsiyyat / xosusiyyat) (plural خصوصیات (xusūsiyyāt / xosusiyyât))

1. close relationship; intimate friendship

   Synonym: صمیمیت (samīmiyyat / samimiyyat)

2. (in the plural) particularity; peculiarity

   Synonym: ویژگی (wēžagī/vižegi)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ख़ुसूसियत (xusūsiyat)

  Urdu: خُصُوصِیَت (xusūsiyat)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਖ਼ਸੂਸਿਅਤ (xasūsiata)

  Shahmukhi script: خُصُوصِیَت (xuṣūṣiyat)