واسط

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waː.sitˤ/

Adjective

وَاسِط • (wāsiṭ) (feminine وَاسِطَة (wāsiṭa), masculine plural وَاسِطُونَ (wāsiṭūna), feminine plural وَاسِطَات (wāsiṭāt))

  1. active participle of وَسَطَ (wasaṭa)

Declension

Declension of adjective وَاسِط (wāsiṭ)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal وَاسِط
wāsiṭ 		الْوَاسِط
al-wāsiṭ 		وَاسِطَة
wāsiṭa 		الْوَاسِطَة
al-wāsiṭa
nominative وَاسِطٌ
wāsiṭun 		الْوَاسِطُ
al-wāsiṭu 		وَاسِطَةٌ
wāsiṭatun 		الْوَاسِطَةُ
al-wāsiṭatu
accusative وَاسِطًا
wāsiṭan 		الْوَاسِطَ
al-wāsiṭa 		وَاسِطَةً
wāsiṭatan 		الْوَاسِطَةَ
al-wāsiṭata
genitive وَاسِطٍ
wāsiṭin 		الْوَاسِطِ
al-wāsiṭi 		وَاسِطَةٍ
wāsiṭatin 		الْوَاسِطَةِ
al-wāsiṭati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal وَاسِطَيْن
wāsiṭayn 		الْوَاسِطَيْن
al-wāsiṭayn 		وَاسِطَتَيْن
wāsiṭatayn 		الْوَاسِطَتَيْن
al-wāsiṭatayn
nominative وَاسِطَانِ
wāsiṭāni 		الْوَاسِطَانِ
al-wāsiṭāni 		وَاسِطَتَانِ
wāsiṭatāni 		الْوَاسِطَتَانِ
al-wāsiṭatāni
accusative وَاسِطَيْنِ
wāsiṭayni 		الْوَاسِطَيْنِ
al-wāsiṭayni 		وَاسِطَتَيْنِ
wāsiṭatayni 		الْوَاسِطَتَيْنِ
al-wāsiṭatayni
genitive وَاسِطَيْنِ
wāsiṭayni 		الْوَاسِطَيْنِ
al-wāsiṭayni 		وَاسِطَتَيْنِ
wāsiṭatayni 		الْوَاسِطَتَيْنِ
al-wāsiṭatayni
plural masculine feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal وَاسِطِين
wāsiṭīn 		الْوَاسِطِين
al-wāsiṭīn 		وَاسِطَات
wāsiṭāt 		الْوَاسِطَات
al-wāsiṭāt
nominative وَاسِطُونَ
wāsiṭūna 		الْوَاسِطُونَ
al-wāsiṭūna 		وَاسِطَاتٌ
wāsiṭātun 		الْوَاسِطَاتُ
al-wāsiṭātu
accusative وَاسِطِينَ
wāsiṭīna 		الْوَاسِطِينَ
al-wāsiṭīna 		وَاسِطَاتٍ
wāsiṭātin 		الْوَاسِطَاتِ
al-wāsiṭāti
genitive وَاسِطِينَ
wāsiṭīna 		الْوَاسِطِينَ
al-wāsiṭīna 		وَاسِطَاتٍ
wāsiṭātin 		الْوَاسِطَاتِ
al-wāsiṭāti

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: vasit
  • → Ottoman Turkish: واسط (vasıt)
  • → Persian: واسط (vâset)
  • → Urdu: واسِط (vāsit)

Proper noun

وَاسِط • (wāsiṭ) f

  1. Wasit (a city in Iraq)
  2. Wasit (a governorate of Iraq)

Derived terms

Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَاسِط (wāsiṭ).

Adjective

واسط • (vasıt)

  1. middle; central; intermediary

Proper noun

واسط • (vasıt)

  1. Wasit (a city in Iraq)
  • واسطی (vasıtî)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَاسِط (wāsiṭ).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? wāsit
Dari reading? wāsit
Iranian reading? vâset
Tajik reading? vosit
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Dari واسط
Iranian Persian
Tajik восит

واسط • (vâset)

  1. the middle
  2. a mediator
  3. a brideman, marriage-broker, match-maker
  4. the fore-part of a camel's saddle

Proper noun

Dari واسط
Iranian Persian
Tajik Восит

واسط • (vâset)

  1. Wasit (a city in Iraq)
  2. Wasit (a governorate of Iraq)
  • واسطی (vâseti)

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَاسِط (wāsiṭ).

Pronunciation

Noun

واسِط • (vāsit) m (Hindi spelling वासित)

  1. the middle
  2. a mediator
  3. a go-between; middle-man; match-maker

Proper noun

واسِط • (vāsit) m (Hindi spelling वासित)

  1. Wasit (a city in Iraq)
  2. Wasit (a governorate of Iraq)
  • واسِطی (vāsitī)

Further reading

  • “واسط”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “واسط”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • “واسط”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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