شخصاً · شَخْص — personally, in person
Persian coinageProbableadverb · Describing · common
Built in Persian from Arabic parts. Arabic doesn't say it this way.
Arabic
شَخْص
shakhṣ/ʃaxsˤ/
In Arabic
person (noun only)
Arabic says: شَخْصِيًّا shakhṣiyyan
Persian
شخصاً
šaxsan/ʃæxsæn/
In Persian
personally, in person
- Root
- ش خ ص
- Pattern
- ـًا
Note. Persian puts tanwin straight on the noun; Arabic makes the adverb from the nisba adjective, shakhṣiyyan.
Spelling. Persian adds Arabic-style tanwin -an to the noun.
Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr