واس

See also: واش

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waːs/

Proper noun

وَاس • (wās) f

  1. acronym of وِكَالَة الْأَنْبَاءِ السُّعُودِيَّة (wikāla(t) al-ʔanbāʔi s-suʕūdiyya, “Saudi Press Agency”)

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A preposition not attested in Classical Persian, but borrowed from Caspian, spoken in later Persianized territories, compare Gilaki واسی (vâsi, “for, because of, the reason of”), Mazanderani وسه (vesse, “for, by the reason of”), and Khwarezmian [script needed] (wsn, “for, because of”), Parthian [script needed] (wsnʾd /⁠wasnāδ⁠/, “for, on account of, concerning, about”). The form سی (si) is also heard in Lurish, Southwestern Fars, Larestani and many Southern dialects.

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? vâs-e

Preposition

واس • (vâs-e)

  1. (colloquial) for, by reason of, for the sake of
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