واسط

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waː.sitˤ/

Adjective

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

1. active participle of وَسَطَ (wasaṭa)

Declension

Declension of adjective وَاسِط (wāsiṭ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	وَاسِط wāsiṭ	الْوَاسِط al-wāsiṭ	وَاسِطَة wāsiṭa	الْوَاسِطَة al-wāsiṭa
Nominative	وَاسِطٌ wāsiṭun	الْوَاسِطُ al-wāsiṭu	وَاسِطَةٌ wāsiṭatun	الْوَاسِطَةُ al-wāsiṭatu
Accusative	وَاسِطًا wāsiṭan	الْوَاسِطَ al-wāsiṭa	وَاسِطَةً wāsiṭatan	الْوَاسِطَةَ al-wāsiṭata
Genitive	وَاسِطٍ wāsiṭin	الْوَاسِطِ al-wāsiṭi	وَاسِطَةٍ wāsiṭatin	الْوَاسِطَةِ al-wāsiṭati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	وَاسِطَيْن wāsiṭayn	الْوَاسِطَيْن al-wāsiṭayn	وَاسِطَتَيْن wāsiṭatayn	الْوَاسِطَتَيْن al-wāsiṭatayn
Nominative	وَاسِطَانِ wāsiṭāni	الْوَاسِطَانِ al-wāsiṭāni	وَاسِطَتَانِ wāsiṭatāni	الْوَاسِطَتَانِ al-wāsiṭatāni
Accusative	وَاسِطَيْنِ wāsiṭayni	الْوَاسِطَيْنِ al-wāsiṭayni	وَاسِطَتَيْنِ wāsiṭatayni	الْوَاسِطَتَيْنِ al-wāsiṭatayni
Genitive	وَاسِطَيْنِ wāsiṭayni	الْوَاسِطَيْنِ al-wāsiṭayni	وَاسِطَتَيْنِ wāsiṭatayni	الْوَاسِطَتَيْنِ al-wāsiṭatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	وَاسِطِين wāsiṭīn	الْوَاسِطِين al-wāsiṭīn	وَاسِطَات wāsiṭāt	الْوَاسِطَات al-wāsiṭāt
Nominative	وَاسِطُونَ wāsiṭūna	الْوَاسِطُونَ al-wāsiṭūna	وَاسِطَاتٌ wāsiṭātun	الْوَاسِطَاتُ al-wāsiṭātu
Accusative	وَاسِطِينَ wāsiṭīna	الْوَاسِطِينَ al-wāsiṭīna	وَاسِطَاتٍ wāsiṭātin	الْوَاسِطَاتِ al-wāsiṭāti
Genitive	وَاسِطِينَ wāsiṭīna	الْوَاسِطِينَ al-wāsiṭīna	وَاسِطَاتٍ wāsiṭātin	الْوَاسِطَاتِ al-wāsiṭāti

Descendants

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

Proper noun

وَاسِط • (wāsiṭ) f

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

Derived terms

• وَاسِطِيّ (wāsiṭiyy)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Vasit
• → Chagatai: واسط
  • Uyghur: ۋاسىت (wasit)
  • Uzbek: Vosit
• → Ottoman Turkish: واسط (vasıt)
  • Turkish: Vasıt
• → Persian: واسط (vâset)
• → Urdu: واسِط (vāsit)

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)

Related terms

• واسطی (vasıtî)

Descendants

• Turkish: Vasıt

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “واسط”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2122

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَاسِط (wāsiṭ).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wɑː.sit]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.sɪt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.sɪt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɑː.sɪt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wɔː.sit̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vɒː.set̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vɔ.sit̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	wāsit
Dari reading?	wāsit
Iranian reading?	vâset
Tajik reading?	vosit

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).

Related terms

• واسطی (vâseti)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “واسط”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “واسط”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَاسِط (wāsiṭ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.sɪt̪/

Noun

واسِط • (vāsit) m (Hindi spelling वासित)

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

Proper noun

واسِط • (vāsit) m (Hindi spelling वासित)

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

Related terms

• واسِطی (vāsitī)

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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.