ihtisas

Meaning

The act of specializing in a field of study, acquiring mastery, specialization.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ih.tiˈsas/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اختصاص (iḫtiṣāṣ, “a being or becoming special and peculiar, being specially and devotedly attached (to a person), special attachment, exclusive devotion”), from Arabic اِخْتِصَاص (iḵtiṣāṣ), verbal noun of خَصَّ (ḵaṣṣa, “to single out, to distinguish, to be characteristic for, to be peculiar for”).

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