wasta

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic وَاسِطَة (wāsiṭa)

Noun[edit]

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[1]:
      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.

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Balinese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

wasta

  1. Romanization of ᬯᬲ᭄ᬢ

Javanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

wasta

  1. Romanization of ꦮꦱ꧀ꦠ

Old Javanese[edit]

Noun[edit]

wasta

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