خاصگی

Persian

Etymology

From (xāssa / xâsse) +‎ (-gī / -gi, suffix forming abstract nouns).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xaːs.sa.ˈɡiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑːs.sä.ɡíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑːs.sä.ɡíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔːs.sä.ɡí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒːs.se.ɡʲíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔs.sä.ɡí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xāssagī
Dari reading^?	xāssagī
Iranian reading^?	xâssegi
Tajik reading^?	xossagi

Noun

خاصگی • (xāssagī / xâssegi) (Tajik spelling хоссагӣ)

Descendants

→ Gujarati: ખાસગી (khāsgī)
→ Hindustani: xāsgī
Hindi: ख़ासगी

Urdu: خَاصْگِی
→ Kannada: ಖಾಸಗಿ (khāsagi)
→ Konkani: khājgī, khāsgī
Devanagari script: खाजगी, खासगी

Latin script: khazgi, khasgi

Kannada script: ಖಾಜ್ಗೀ, ಖಾಸ್ಗೀ
→ Marathi:
Devanagari script: खाजगी (khāj̈gī)

Modi script: 𑘏𑘰𑘕𑘐𑘲 (khājgī)
→ Ottoman Turkish: خاصكی (hasseki, haseki)
Turkish: haseki

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “خاصگی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “خاصگی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (xāssagī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xɑːs.ɡiː/
Hyphenation: خَاصْ‧گِی
Rhymes: -iː

Noun

خَاصْگِی • (xāsgī) f (Hindi spelling ख़ासगी)

speciality, peculiarity

Further reading

More information

“خاصگی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
“خاصگی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “خاص”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 281