مخصوص

Arabic

Etymology

Root
خ ص ص (ḵ ṣ ṣ)
21 terms

Derived from the passive participle of خَصَّ (ḵaṣṣa, “to favor, to endow, to be characteristic of, to concern”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /max.sˤuːsˤ/
• Rhymes: -uːsˤ

Adjective

مَخْصُوص • (maḵṣūṣ) (feminine مَخْصُوصَة (maḵṣūṣa), masculine plural مَخْصُوصُونَ (maḵṣūṣūna), feminine plural مَخْصُوصَات (maḵṣūṣāt))

1. private, characteristic
2. special, specific

Declension

Declension of adjective مَخْصُوص (maḵṣūṣ)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَخْصُوص maḵṣūṣ	الْمَخْصُوص al-maḵṣūṣ	مَخْصُوصَة maḵṣūṣa	الْمَخْصُوصَة al-maḵṣūṣa
nominative	مَخْصُوصٌ maḵṣūṣun	الْمَخْصُوصُ al-maḵṣūṣu	مَخْصُوصَةٌ maḵṣūṣatun	الْمَخْصُوصَةُ al-maḵṣūṣatu
accusative	مَخْصُوصًا maḵṣūṣan	الْمَخْصُوصَ al-maḵṣūṣa	مَخْصُوصَةً maḵṣūṣatan	الْمَخْصُوصَةَ al-maḵṣūṣata
genitive	مَخْصُوصٍ maḵṣūṣin	الْمَخْصُوصِ al-maḵṣūṣi	مَخْصُوصَةٍ maḵṣūṣatin	الْمَخْصُوصَةِ al-maḵṣūṣati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَخْصُوصَيْن maḵṣūṣayn	الْمَخْصُوصَيْن al-maḵṣūṣayn	مَخْصُوصَتَيْن maḵṣūṣatayn	الْمَخْصُوصَتَيْن al-maḵṣūṣatayn
nominative	مَخْصُوصَانِ maḵṣūṣāni	الْمَخْصُوصَانِ al-maḵṣūṣāni	مَخْصُوصَتَانِ maḵṣūṣatāni	الْمَخْصُوصَتَانِ al-maḵṣūṣatāni
accusative	مَخْصُوصَيْنِ maḵṣūṣayni	الْمَخْصُوصَيْنِ al-maḵṣūṣayni	مَخْصُوصَتَيْنِ maḵṣūṣatayni	الْمَخْصُوصَتَيْنِ al-maḵṣūṣatayni
genitive	مَخْصُوصَيْنِ maḵṣūṣayni	الْمَخْصُوصَيْنِ al-maḵṣūṣayni	مَخْصُوصَتَيْنِ maḵṣūṣatayni	الْمَخْصُوصَتَيْنِ al-maḵṣūṣatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَخْصُوصِين maḵṣūṣīn	الْمَخْصُوصِين al-maḵṣūṣīn	مَخْصُوصَات maḵṣūṣāt	الْمَخْصُوصَات al-maḵṣūṣāt
nominative	مَخْصُوصُونَ maḵṣūṣūna	الْمَخْصُوصُونَ al-maḵṣūṣūna	مَخْصُوصَاتٌ maḵṣūṣātun	الْمَخْصُوصَاتُ al-maḵṣūṣātu
accusative	مَخْصُوصِينَ maḵṣūṣīna	الْمَخْصُوصِينَ al-maḵṣūṣīna	مَخْصُوصَاتٍ maḵṣūṣātin	الْمَخْصُوصَاتِ al-maḵṣūṣāti
genitive	مَخْصُوصِينَ maḵṣūṣīna	الْمَخْصُوصِينَ al-maḵṣūṣīna	مَخْصُوصَاتٍ maḵṣūṣātin	الْمَخْصُوصَاتِ al-maḵṣūṣāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məxsus
• → Bashkir: махсус (maxsus)
• → Persian: مخصوص
• → Tajik: махсус (maxsus)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مخصوص (mahsus)
  • Turkish: mahsus
  • → Armenian: մախսուս (maxsus)
  • → Ladino: mahsús
• → Turkmen: mahsus
• → Uyghur: مەخسۇس (mexsus)
• → Urdu: مخصوص
• → Uzbek: maxsus

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَخْصُوص (maḵṣūṣ, “private, characteristic”).

Adjective

مخصوص • (mahsus)

1. specific, proper, particular, pertaining exclusively to a specific thing or person

   Synonym: خصوصی (hususî)

2. reserved, assigned, dedicated, set aside for a particular person, purpose, or use

Adverb

مخصوص • (mahsus)

1. on purpose, deliberately, intentionally, purposely, by design, as opposed to by accident

Derived terms

• حال مخصوص (hal mahsus, “particular case”)
• مخصوص اولمق (mahsus olmak, “to be special to”)
• مخصوص ایتمك (mahsus etmek, “to make special to”)
• مخصوص ایلچی (mahsus elçi, “special envoy”)
• مخصوصاً (mahsusen, “especially, particularly”)
• مخصوصیت (mahsusiyet, “property, characteristic”)

Descendants

• Turkish: mahsus
• → Armenian: մախսուս (maxsus)
• → Ladino: mahsús

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886), “مخصوص”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 744
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “mahsus2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3021
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “mahsûs”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 681
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مخصوص”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎ (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1136
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Particularis”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1245
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “مخصوص”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 4487
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mahsus”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مخصوص”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1778

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَخْصُوص (maḵṣūṣ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /max.ˈsuːs/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäx.suːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäx.suːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäx.suːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäx.sus]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæx.suːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäχ.sus]

Readings
Classical reading?	maxsūs
Dari reading?	maxsūs
Iranian reading?	maxsus
Tajik reading?	maxsus

Adjective

Dari	مخصوص
Iranian Persian
Tajik	махсус

مخصوص • (maxsus)

1. private, characteristic

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَخْصُوص (maḵṣūṣ).

Adjective

مخصوص • (maxsūs)

1. private, characteristic