wasta

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word wasta. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word wasta, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say wasta in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word wasta you have here. The definition of the word wasta will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofwasta, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَاسِطَة (wāsiṭa)

Noun

wasta (plural wastas)

  1. (Arab society, often italicized) Intercession or mediation by people on behalf of others to whom they are connected by friendship or blood
    • 2024 June 15, Syed Rashid Husain, “'Wasta' at US Embassy”, in Arab News‎:
      The number of those traveling to the US during summer may definitely have gone down, but if one can hook onto a wasta, one could get into the queue of applicants without having to get up early in the morning.

Synonyms

See also

Anagrams

Balinese

Romanization

wasta

  1. Romanization of ᬯᬲ᭄ᬢ

Javanese

Romanization

wasta

  1. Romanization of ꦮꦱ꧀ꦠ

Old Javanese

Noun

wasta

  1. Alternative spelling of wastha (“title, name”)

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese wasta, wastha (“title, name”), wasthā, awasthā (“state, condition; circumstance, fate; course”), from Sanskrit अवस्था (avasthā, “condition, state”).

Noun

wasta (Sundanese script ᮝᮞ᮪ᮒ)

  1. name
    Synonyms: ngaran, jenengan, asma, nami
    Tepangkeun, wasta sim kuring James ― Let me introduce myself, my name is James
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia