خاصة

Meaning

Noun

1. private possession
2. property, characteristic
3. essence, nature
4. leading personalities, elite, the upper class
5. (Shia, collective, definite) people close to Ahl al-Bayt and the Shi'ite Imams, i.e. the Shia

Adv

especially, particularly, in particular

Concepts

property

feature

particularly

singularly

specifically

Opposite of

عَامَّة

Synonyms

صفة

خصوصا

نعت

خلة

لاسيما

خصيصا

Translations

Eigenschaft

Merkmal

ιδιότητα

χαρακτηριστικό

caractère

caractéristique

marque

propriété

qualité

trait

caratteristica

particolarmente

proprietà

qualità

genus

Etymology

From the root خ ص ص (ḵ ṣ ṣ). Sense 5 is used in the Shi'ite vernacular and derives from the people that were closer to the Shi'ite's Imams (their "private" (people)), as opposed to the general public (اَلْعَامَّة (al-ʕāmma)).