ख़ासियत

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian خاصـیت, from Arabic خاصِّيَّة (ḵāṣṣiyya); equivalent to ख़ास (xās, special) +‎ -इयत (-iyat, -ness).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /xɑː.sɪ.jət̪/, [xäː.si.jɐt̪], /kʰɑː.sɪ.jət̪/, [kʰäː.si.jɐt̪]

Noun

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ख़ासियत (xāsiyatf (Urdu spelling خاصّیت)

  1. special quality, characteristic
    Synonyms: लक्षण (lakṣaṇ), गुण (guṇ), विशेषता (viśeṣtā)
  2. peculiarity

Declension

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