واسطة
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Root |
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و س ط (w-s-ṭ) |
Compare وَسْط (wasṭ, “center”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
وَاسِطَة • (wāsiṭa) f (plural وَاسِطَات (wāsiṭāt))
- intermediary
- agent, means, medium
- بِوَاسِطَة ― bi-wāsiṭa ― through, by means of
- expedient
- personal connection, contact, hookup, networking; nepotism, cronyism
Declension edit
Declension of noun وَاسِطَة (wāsiṭa)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | وَاسِطَة wāsiṭa |
الْوَاسِطَة al-wāsiṭa |
وَاسِطَة wāsiṭat |
Nominative | وَاسِطَةٌ wāsiṭatun |
الْوَاسِطَةُ al-wāsiṭatu |
وَاسِطَةُ wāsiṭatu |
Accusative | وَاسِطَةً wāsiṭatan |
الْوَاسِطَةَ al-wāsiṭata |
وَاسِطَةَ wāsiṭata |
Genitive | وَاسِطَةٍ wāsiṭatin |
الْوَاسِطَةِ al-wāsiṭati |
وَاسِطَةِ wāsiṭati |
Descendants edit
- → Azerbaijani: vasitə
- → Chagatai: واسطه
- → Ottoman Turkish: واسطه (vasıta)
- Turkish: vasıta
- → Persian: واسطه (vâsete)
- → Urdu: واسطہ
References edit
- Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “واسطة”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “وسط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Hijazi Arabic edit
Root |
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و س ط |
1 term |
Etymology edit
From Arabic وَاسِطَة (wāsiṭa).