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Arabic root

خ-ص-ص

Kha-Sad-Sad

3 words from this root family

About this root

Kha-Sad-Sad (خ-ص-ص) has 3 words in the Fahm dictionary: khuṣūṣiyya (privacy), takhaṣṣuṣ (specialization / major), khaṣkhaṣa (privatization).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 4 times in 4 verses, across 4 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:105.

Themes: Technology Media, Academic Formal, Law Economics

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeTaught in
خُصُوصِيَّة
khuṣūṣiyya
privacynoun, B1Innovation & Progress
تَخَصُّص
takhaṣṣuṣ
specialization / majornoun, B2Critical Thinking
خَصْخَصَة
khaṣkhaṣa
privatizationnoun, B2Banking & Investment

In the Quran

مَّا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَلَا ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَخْتَصُّ بِرَحْمَتِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلْفَضْلِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Neither those who disbelieve among the people of the Scripture nor the idolaters love that there should be sent down unto you any good thing from your Lord. But Allah chooseth for His mercy whom He will, and Allah is of Infinite Bounty.

Quran 2:105
يَخْتَصُّ بِرَحْمَتِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلْفَضْلِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

He selecteth for His mercy whom He will. Allah is of Infinite Bounty.

Quran 3:74
وَٱتَّقُوا۟ فِتْنَةً لَّا تُصِيبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنكُمْ خَآصَّةً ۖ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ

And guard yourselves against a chastisement which cannot fall exclusively on those of you who are wrong-doers, and know that Allah is severe in punishment.

Quran 8:25

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

B1noun
خُصُوصِيَّة
khuṣūṣiyya

privacy

Example
يَجِبُ احتِرامُ خُصوصِيَّةِ الآخَرين.
yajibu iḥtirāmu khuṣūṣiyyati l-ākharīn.
We must respect other people's privacy.
B2noun
تَخَصُّص
takhaṣṣuṣ

specialization / major

Example
ما تَخَصُّصُكَ في الجامِعَة؟
mā takhaṣṣuṣuka fī l-jāmiʿa?
What is your major at the university?
B2noun
خَصْخَصَة
khaṣkhaṣa

privatization

Example
أَثارَت خَصخَصَةُ الشَّرِكاتِ الحُكومِيَّةِ جَدَلًا واسِعًا.
athārat khaṣkhaṣatu sh-sharikāti l-ḥukūmiyyati jadalan wāsiʿan.
Privatization of state companies sparked widespread debate.

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