وسعت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic وُسْعَة (wusʕa).

Noun

وسعت • (vüs'at)

1. space, spaciousness, expanse
2. abundance
3. capacity
4. power
5. convenience
6. leisure

Descendants

• Turkish: vüsat, Vüsat

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “vüs'at”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “وسعت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1309b
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “vüsat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وُسْعَة (wusʕa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wus.ˈʔat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wʊs.ʔǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wʊs.ʔǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wʊ.sǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wu.sǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vos.ʔǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vus.ʔǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	wus'at
Dari reading?	wus'at
Iranian reading?	vos'at
Tajik reading?	vusʾat

Noun

وسعت • (vos'at)

1. space, extent, breadth

   ایران هفدهمین کشور جهان از نظر وسعت است.

   irân hefdahomin kešvar-e jahân az nazar-e vos'at ast.

   Iran is the seventeenth [largest] country in the world by size.

2. leisure, ease of life