وصیت

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَصِيَّة (waṣiyya).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? wasiyat
Dari reading? wasiyat
Iranian reading? vasiyat
Tajik reading? vasiyat

Noun

وصیت (wasiyat)

  1. (law) will, testament
  2. legacy, bequest
  3. percept, command

Descendants

  • Bengali: অসিয়ত (ośiẏot)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: वसीयत (vasīyat)
    Urdu: وصیت (wasīyat)

References

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وصیت (wasiyat).

Pronunciation

Noun

وَصِیَت (vasiyatf (Hindi spelling वसीयत)

  1. (law) will, testament

References

  • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “وصیت”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]