واس
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See also: واش
Arabic
Pronunciation
Proper noun
وَاس • (wās) f
- Acronym of وِكَالَة الْأَنْبَاءِ السُّعُودِيَّة (wikāla(t) al-ʔanbāʔi s-suʕūdiyya, “Saudi Press Agency”).
Persian
Alternative forms
- واسه (vâse-ye)
Etymology
A preposition not attested in Classical Persian, but borrowed from Caspian, spoken in later Persianized territories, compare Gilaki واسی (vâsi, “for, because of, the reason of”), Mazanderani وسه (vesse, “for, by the reason of”), and Khwarezmian (wsn, “for, because of”), Parthian (wsnʾd /wasnāδ/, “for, on account of, concerning, about”). The form سی (si) is also heard in Lurish, Southwestern Fars, Larestani and many Southern dialects.
Pronunciation
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
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| Iranian reading? | vâs-e |
Preposition
واس • (vâs-e)
- (colloquial) for, by reason of, for the sake of