ख़ास
Hindi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ). Cognate with Bengali খাস (khaś), Gujarati ખાસ (khās), Marathi खास (khās), Punjabi ਖ਼ਾਸ (xās).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editख़ास • (xās) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling خاص)
- distinguished (from others)
- special
- distinct
- peculiar
- कोई ख़ास काम नहीं है। ― koī xās kām nahī̃ hai. ― There is nothing special to do.
Synonyms
edit- विशेष (viśeṣ)
References
edit- 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 [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 131.