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ḵẖawāṣṣ, vulg. ḵẖawās, s.m. pl. (of ḵẖāṣṣ, 'peculiar,' etc. and of ḵẖāṣṣa, 'distinguished person'), Grandees, ministers of state, people of quality or distinction;—special or favourite attendants; attendants, domestics;—(as a sing.) a favourite;—a page or female attendant (on the great):—ḵẖauāṣ-bolī, s.f. Bidding for the seat of honour (in the car which bears the Jain god; cf. ḵẖawāṣī):—ḵẖawāṣ-pura, s.m. The apartments or habitation allotted to the domestics (of a great man); the servants' quarters:—ḵẖawāṣṣ-o-`awāmm, s.m. pl. Nobles and plebeians, high and low (=ḵẖaṣṣ-o-`ām).
Origin: Arabic