واسط

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Arabic

Pronunciation

Adjective

وَاسِط (wāsiṭ) (feminine وَاسِطَة (wāsiṭa), masculine plural وَاسِطُونَ (wāsiṭūna), feminine plural وَاسِطَات (wāsiṭāt))

  1. active participle of وَسَطَ (wasaṭa)

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: vasit
  • Ottoman Turkish: واسط (vasıt)
  • Persian: واسط (vâset)
  • Urdu: واسِط (vāsit)

Proper noun

وَاسِط (wāsiṭf

  1. Wasit (a city in Iraq).
  2. Wasit (a governorate of Iraq).

Derived terms

Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَاسِط (wāsiṭ).

Adjective

واسط (vasıt)

  1. middle; central; intermediary

Proper noun

واسط (vasıt)

  1. Wasit (a city in Iraq)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَاسِط (wāsiṭ).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? wāsit
Dari reading? wāsit
Iranian reading? vâset
Tajik reading? vosit
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Dari واسط
Iranian Persian
Tajik восит

واسط (vâset)

  1. the middle
  2. a mediator
  3. a brideman, marriage-broker, match-maker
  4. the fore-part of a camel's saddle

Proper noun

Dari واسط
Iranian Persian
Tajik Восит

واسط (vâset)

  1. Wasit (a city in Iraq).
  2. Wasit (a governorate of Iraq).

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَاسِط (wāsiṭ).

Pronunciation

Noun

واسِط (vāsitm (Hindi spelling वासित)

  1. the middle
  2. a mediator
  3. a go-between; middle-man; match-maker

Proper noun

واسِط (vāsitm (Hindi spelling वासित)

  1. Wasit (a city in Iraq).
  2. Wasit (a governorate of Iraq).

Further reading

  • واسط”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “واسط”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • واسط”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.