متوسط

Arabic

Root
و س ط (w s ṭ)
6 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb تَوَسَّطَ (tawassaṭa, “to be in the middle”), constructed from the root و س ط (w s ṭ) of وَسْط (wasṭ, “middle”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mu.ta.was.sitˤ/

Adjective

مُتَوَسِّط • (mutawassiṭ) (feminine مُتَوَسِّطَة (mutawassiṭa), masculine plural مُتَوَسِّطُونَ (mutawassiṭūna), feminine plural مُتَوَسِّطَات (mutawassiṭāt))

being in the middle, mediating
middle, central
medium
بَيْتُهُمْ مُتَوَسِّطُ ٱلْحَجْمِ
baytuhum mutawassiṭu l-ḥajmi
their house is middle-sized
average, middling, indifferent

Declension

Declension of adjective **مُتَوَسِّط** (mutawassiṭ)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُتَوَسِّط mutawassiṭ	الْمُتَوَسِّط al-mutawassiṭ	مُتَوَسِّطَة mutawassiṭa	الْمُتَوَسِّطَة al-mutawassiṭa
nominative	مُتَوَسِّطٌ mutawassiṭun	الْمُتَوَسِّطُ al-mutawassiṭu	مُتَوَسِّطَةٌ mutawassiṭatun	الْمُتَوَسِّطَةُ al-mutawassiṭatu
accusative	مُتَوَسِّطًا mutawassiṭan	الْمُتَوَسِّطَ al-mutawassiṭa	مُتَوَسِّطَةً mutawassiṭatan	الْمُتَوَسِّطَةَ al-mutawassiṭata
genitive	مُتَوَسِّطٍ mutawassiṭin	الْمُتَوَسِّطِ al-mutawassiṭi	مُتَوَسِّطَةٍ mutawassiṭatin	الْمُتَوَسِّطَةِ al-mutawassiṭati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُتَوَسِّطَيْن mutawassiṭayn	الْمُتَوَسِّطَيْن al-mutawassiṭayn	مُتَوَسِّطَتَيْن mutawassiṭatayn	الْمُتَوَسِّطَتَيْن al-mutawassiṭatayn
nominative	مُتَوَسِّطَانِ mutawassiṭāni	الْمُتَوَسِّطَانِ al-mutawassiṭāni	مُتَوَسِّطَتَانِ mutawassiṭatāni	الْمُتَوَسِّطَتَانِ al-mutawassiṭatāni
accusative	مُتَوَسِّطَيْنِ mutawassiṭayni	الْمُتَوَسِّطَيْنِ al-mutawassiṭayni	مُتَوَسِّطَتَيْنِ mutawassiṭatayni	الْمُتَوَسِّطَتَيْنِ al-mutawassiṭatayni
genitive	مُتَوَسِّطَيْنِ mutawassiṭayni	الْمُتَوَسِّطَيْنِ al-mutawassiṭayni	مُتَوَسِّطَتَيْنِ mutawassiṭatayni	الْمُتَوَسِّطَتَيْنِ al-mutawassiṭatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مُتَوَسِّطِين mutawassiṭīn	الْمُتَوَسِّطِين al-mutawassiṭīn	مُتَوَسِّطَات mutawassiṭāt	الْمُتَوَسِّطَات al-mutawassiṭāt
nominative	مُتَوَسِّطُونَ mutawassiṭūna	الْمُتَوَسِّطُونَ al-mutawassiṭūna	مُتَوَسِّطَاتٌ mutawassiṭātun	الْمُتَوَسِّطَاتُ al-mutawassiṭātu
accusative	مُتَوَسِّطِينَ mutawassiṭīna	الْمُتَوَسِّطِينَ al-mutawassiṭīna	مُتَوَسِّطَاتٍ mutawassiṭātin	الْمُتَوَسِّطَاتِ al-mutawassiṭāti
genitive	مُتَوَسِّطِينَ mutawassiṭīna	الْمُتَوَسِّطِينَ al-mutawassiṭīna	مُتَوَسِّطَاتٍ mutawassiṭātin	الْمُتَوَسِّطَاتِ al-mutawassiṭāti

Derived terms

اَلْبَحْر الْأَبْيَض الْمُتَوَسِّط (al-baḥr al-ʔabyaḍ al-mutawassiṭ)
اَلْبَحْر الْمُتَوَسِّط (al-baḥr al-mutawassiṭ)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: mütəvəssit
→ Ottoman Turkish: متوسط (mutavassıt)
- → Turkish: mutavassıt
→ Persian: متوسط
- → Hindi: मुतवस्सित (mutvassit)
- → Urdu: مُتَوَسِّط (mutavassit)

Noun

مُتَوَسِّط • (mutawassiṭ) m

(statistics) mean, average

Declension

Declension of noun **مُتَوَسِّط** (mutawassiṭ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُتَوَسِّط mutawassiṭ	الْمُتَوَسِّط al-mutawassiṭ	مُتَوَسِّط mutawassiṭ
nominative	مُتَوَسِّطٌ mutawassiṭun	الْمُتَوَسِّطُ al-mutawassiṭu	مُتَوَسِّطُ mutawassiṭu
accusative	مُتَوَسِّطًا mutawassiṭan	الْمُتَوَسِّطَ al-mutawassiṭa	مُتَوَسِّطَ mutawassiṭa
genitive	مُتَوَسِّطٍ mutawassiṭin	الْمُتَوَسِّطِ al-mutawassiṭi	مُتَوَسِّطِ mutawassiṭi

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: mütəvəssit
→ Ottoman Turkish: متوسط (mutavassıt)
- → Turkish: mutavassıt
→ Persian: متوسط

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “متوسط”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979) “وسط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُتَوَسِّط (mutawassiṭ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mu.ta.was.ˈsit/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.t̪ʰä.wäs.sɪ́t̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.t̪ʰä.wäs.sɪ́t̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.t̪ʰä.wäs.sít̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.t̪ʰæ.væs.sét̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.t̪ʰä.väs.sít̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mutawassit
Dari reading^?	mutawassit
Iranian reading^?	motavasset
Tajik reading^?	mutavassit

Adjective

مُتَوَسِّط • (motavasset)

medium, middle
― tabaqe-ye motavasset ― middle class

― qodrat-e motavasset ― middle power
average
― andâze-ye motavasset ― average size

― be towr-e motavasset ― on average

Noun

مُتَوَسِّط • (motavasset)

(statistics) average, mean