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Adjective

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

  1. active participle of وَسَطَ (wasaṭa)

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Descendants

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

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وَاسِط (wāsiṭf

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

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Ottoman Turkish

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Borrowed from Arabic وَاسِط (wāsiṭ).

Adjective

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واسط (vasıt)

  1. middle; central; intermediary

Proper noun

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واسط (vasıt)

  1. Wasit (a city in Iraq)
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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic وَاسِط (wāsiṭ).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? wāsit
Dari reading? wāsit
Iranian reading? vâset
Tajik reading? vosit
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

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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

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Dari واسط
Iranian Persian
Tajik Восит

واسط (vâset)

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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic وَاسِط (wāsiṭ).

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Noun

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واسِط (vāsitm (Hindi spelling वासित)

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

Proper noun

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واسِط (vāsitm (Hindi spelling वासित)

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

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  • 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.