خصوصی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُصُوصِيّ (ḵuṣūṣiyy, “particular, special”). By surface analysis, خصوص (husus, “specialty, peculiarity”) +‎ ـی (-î, nisba suffix).

Adjective

خصوصی • (hususî)

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

   Synonym: مخصوص (mahsus)

2. private, personal, belonging or pertaining to a person, entity, or group of people

Descendants

• Turkish: hususi
• → Crimean Tatar: hususiy

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “خصوص”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 704
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hususi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2011
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “husûsî”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 459
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خصوصی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 542
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خصوصی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 851

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُصُوصِيّ (ḵuṣūṣiyy). By surface analysis, خصوص (xosus) +‎ ـی (-i, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xu.suː.ˈsiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊ.suː.síː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊ.suː.síː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊ.suː.síː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xu.su.sí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xo.suː.síː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χu.su.sí]

Readings
Classical reading?	xusūsī
Dari reading?	xusūsī
Iranian reading?	xosusi
Tajik reading?	xususi

Adjective

خصوصی • (xosusi)

1. private (various senses)

   یه چیز خصوصی ― ye čiz-e xosusi ― something private

   زندگی خصوصی ― zendegi-ye xosusi ― private life

   بخش خصوصی ― baxš-e xosusi ― private sector

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُصُوصِيّ (ḵuṣūṣiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xʊ.suː.siː/

Adjective

خُصُوصی • (xusūsī) (Hindi spelling ख़ुसूसी)

1. special, peculiar, particular
2. personal, private

References

• “خصوصی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “خصوصی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.