واسط

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: واسط‎ (vāsit)

Proper noun

وَاسِط • (wāsiṭ) f

1. Wasit (a city in 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: واسط‎ (vāsit)

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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, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2122

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَاسِط‎ (wāsiṭ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /wɑːsit/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /wɑːsɪt/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /vɒːset/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /vɔsit/

Noun

Dari	واسط
Iranian Persian
Tajik	восит (vosit)

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 (Vosit)

واسط • (vâset)

1. Wasit (a city in 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

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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)

Related terms

• واسطی‎ (vāsitī)

Further reading

• “واسط”, in اُردُو لُغَت (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 Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.