ख़ास

See also: खाँसी, and खुसी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ). Cognate with Bengali খাস (khaś), Gujarati ખાસ (khās), Marathi खास (khās), Punjabi ਖ਼ਾਸ (xās).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /xɑːs/, [xäːs], /kʰɑːs/, [kʰäːs]

Adjective

ख़ास • (xās) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling خاص)

1. distinguished (from others)
2. special
3. distinct
4. peculiar

   कोई ख़ास काम नहीं है। ― koī xās kām nahī̃ hai. ― There is nothing special to do.

Synonyms

• विशेष (viśeṣ)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “خاص”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “ख़ास”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa, Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 131.