Arabic vocabulary
خَاصَّةٌ is how you say “elite” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
يَنَهَلُونَ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ وَوَعْظِهِ وَتَذْكِيرِهِ خَاصَّتَهُمْ وَعَامَّتَهُمْ،
Both the elite and the common people drew from his knowledge, his preaching, and his reminders,
خَاصَّتَهُمْ — their elite. A noun for the elite or select few, with the 'their' suffix attached pointing back to the people. It stands in a deliberate pairing with the 'common folk' noun that follows: together they say 'both their elite and their commoners', i.e. everyone of every rank.
From: Public Preaching →OpenArabic teaches words like خَاصَّةٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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