wasta
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic وَاسِطَة (wāsiṭa)
Noun
editwasta (plural wastas)
- (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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editBalinese
editRomanization
editwasta
- Romanization of ᬯᬲ᭄ᬢ
Javanese
editRomanization
editwasta
- Romanization of ꦮꦱ꧀ꦠ
Old Javanese
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editwasta
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