خلاص

Arabic

Etymology

From خَلَصَ (ḵalaṣa, “to be pure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa.laːsˤ/
  • (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /χɐˈɫɑsˤ/

Noun

خَلَاص • (ḵalāṣ) m

1. liberation, deliverance, riddance
2. rescue, salvation

   Synonym: نَجَاة (najāh)

3. (Christianity) redemption
4. payment, settlement, liquidation
5. receipt
6. (anatomy) placenta, afterbirth

Declension

Declension of noun خَلَاص (ḵalāṣ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَلَاص ḵalāṣ	الْخَلَاص al-ḵalāṣ	خَلَاص ḵalāṣ
Nominative	خَلَاصٌ ḵalāṣun	الْخَلَاصُ al-ḵalāṣu	خَلَاصُ ḵalāṣu
Accusative	خَلَاصًا ḵalāṣan	الْخَلَاصَ al-ḵalāṣa	خَلَاصَ ḵalāṣa
Genitive	خَلَاصٍ ḵalāṣin	الْخَلَاصِ al-ḵalāṣi	خَلَاصِ ḵalāṣi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: xilas
• Maltese: ħlas
• → Northern Kurdish: xelas
• → Phalura: xalóos
• → Ottoman Turkish: خلاص (halas)
  • Turkish: halas
• → Uzbek: xolos

Interjection

خَلَاص • (ḵalāṣ)

1. (colloquial) enough! that's it!
2. (colloquial) cut it out! stop it!
3. (colloquial) done! finished! over!

Descendants

• South Levantine Arabic: خلص (ḵalaṣ)
  • → Hebrew: חָלָס (ḥálas)
• → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܲܠܲܨ (ḳalaṣ)
• → English: khalass
• → French: khalass

Egyptian Arabic

Interjection

خلاص • (ḵalāṣ)

1. there's no more
2. it's over

   ما خلاص عايز ايه مني؟

   ma ḵalāṣ, ʿāyez ʾē mennī?

   It's over already, what do you want from me?

3. stop it

Adverb

خلاص • (ḵalāṣ)

1. already

   غسلت الأطباق خلاص ― I already washed the dishes.

Related terms

• خلاويص (ḵalāwīṣ)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَلَاص (ḵalāṣ)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xa.lɑːs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.lɑːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xä.lɑːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xä.lɑːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xä.lɔːs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xæ.lɒːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χä.lɔs]

Readings
Classical reading?	xalās
Dari reading?	xalās
Iranian reading?	xalâs
Tajik reading?	xalos

Adjective

خلاص • (xalâs)

1. free, liberated
2. (Dari) done, over, complete

Derived terms

• خلاص کردن (xalâs kardan)
• خلاص شدن (xalâs šodan)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: ખલાસ (khalās)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ ل ص
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic خَلَاص (ḵalāṣ, “riddance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa.lasˤ/, [ˈxɑ.lɑsˤ]

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Interjection

خلاص • (ḵalaṣ)

2. enough, stop

   Synonyms: بس (bass), حاجة (ḥāje)

3. that's it, it's over

Descendants

• → Hebrew: חָלָס (ḥálas)