Arabic edit

Root
ش خ ص (š-ḵ-ṣ)

Etymology edit

Adverbial accusative of شَخْص (šaḵṣ, person).

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

شَخْصًا (šaḵṣan)

  1. personally

Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: şəxsən
  • Bashkir: шәхсән (şəxsən)
  • Ottoman Turkish: شخصا (şahsan)
  • Persian: شخصا (šaxsan)
  • Urdu: شخصا (śaxsan)
  • Uzbek: shaxsan

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic شَخْصًا (šaḵṣan), adverbial accusative of شَخْص (šaḵṣ, person, individual).

Adverb edit

شخصاً (şahsan)

  1. personally
  2. in person

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şahıs”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شخصا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1118
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN