خلوص

Arabic

Root
خ ل ص (ḵ l ṣ)
10 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of خَلَصَ (ḵalaṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xu.luːsˤ/
• Rhymes: -uːsˤ

Noun

خُلُوص • (ḵulūṣ) m

1. verbal noun of خَلَصَ (ḵalaṣa, “to be pure”)

Declension

Declension of noun خُلُوص (ḵulūṣ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُلُوص ḵulūṣ	الْخُلُوص al-ḵulūṣ	خُلُوص ḵulūṣ
Nominative	خُلُوصٌ ḵulūṣun	الْخُلُوصُ al-ḵulūṣu	خُلُوصُ ḵulūṣu
Accusative	خُلُوصًا ḵulūṣan	الْخُلُوصَ al-ḵulūṣa	خُلُوصَ ḵulūṣa
Genitive	خُلُوصٍ ḵulūṣin	الْخُلُوصِ al-ḵulūṣi	خُلُوصِ ḵulūṣi

Descendants

• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: ख़ुलूस (xulūs)
  • Urdu: خُلُوص (xulūṣ)
• → Ottoman Turkish: خُلُوص (hulus), խուլուս (hulus) — Armeno-Turkish
  • Turkish: hulus
• → Punjabi: ਖ਼ਲੂਸ (xalūs), خُلُوص (xulūṣ)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• խուլուս (hulus) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُلُوص (ḵulūṣ), verbal noun of خَلَصَ (ḵalaṣa, “to be pure”).

Noun

خلوص • (hulus) (definite accusative خلوصی)

1. sincerity
2. adulation, flattery

Derived terms

• خلوص چاقمق (hulus çakmak)
• خلوصكار (huluskâr)

 

Related terms

• اخلاص (ihlas)
• خالص (halis)
• خلاص (halas)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: hulus

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hulus”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2004a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خلوص”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 550a
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خلوص”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 862a
• Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “خلوص”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 587c