ख़ुलासा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• खुलासा (khulāsā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خُلَاصَة (ḵulāṣa). The primary senses are further influenced by खुलना (khulnā, “to open, come out”), but the lack of the suffix -आसा (-āsā) in other tadbhava words suggest this to be a folk conflation.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /xʊ.lɑː.sɑː/, [xʊ.läː.säː], /kʰʊ.lɑː.sɑː/, [kʰʊ.läː.säː]

Noun

ख़ुलासा • (xulāsā) m (Urdu spelling خلاصہ)

1. opening, revealing, disclosure; leak
2. summary, synopsis

   Synonym: सारांश (sārāñś)

Declension

Declension of ख़ुलासा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़ुलासा xulāsā	ख़ुलासे xulāse
oblique	ख़ुलासे xulāse	ख़ुलासों xulāsõ
vocative	ख़ुलासे xulāse	ख़ुलासो xulāso

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “khulasa”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press