xas
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃaːs̺/
References
- “xas” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “xas” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Arabic خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ, “special, particular, specific”), derived from the active participle of خَصَّ (ḵaṣṣa, “to favor, to endow, to be characteristic of, to concern”), from the root خ ص ص (ḵ ṣ ṣ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xɑːs/
Adjective
xas (Arabic spelling خاس)
- special, particular
- Synonym: taybetî
- precious, high-quality
- Synonyms: binerx, bi qîmet
- choice, select
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “xas”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 391
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