وصیت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَصِيَّة (waṣiyya).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? wasiyyat
Dari reading? wasiyat
Iranian reading? vasiyat
Tajik reading? vasiyat

Noun

Dari وصیت
Iranian Persian
Tajik васият

وصیت • (wasiyyat / vasiyat)

  1. (law) will, testament
  2. legacy, bequest
  3. percept, command

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Bengali: অসিয়ত (ośiẏot)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: वसीयत (vasīyat)
    Urdu: وصیت (wasīyat)

References

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَصِیَّت (wasiyyat), from Arabic وَصِيَّة (waṣiyya).

Pronunciation

Noun

وَصِیَت • (vasiyatf (Hindi spelling वसीयत)

  1. (law) will, testament

References

  • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “وصیت”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]