وسط

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root و س ط‎ (w-s-ṭ). Compare Classical Syriac ܝܫܛܐ‎ (yašṭā, “esophagus, throat”) and Ge'ez ውሳጤ (wəsaṭe, “inside, interior”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.satˤ/
  • IPA(key): /wastˤ/
  • (file)

Noun

وَسَط or وَسْط • (wasaṭ or wasṭ) m (plural أَوْسَاط‎ (ʔawsāṭ))

  1. middle, center
  2. waist
  3. the golden mean
  4. milieu, environment, surroundings, sphere
  5. means, instrument, agent, medium
  6. mediocrity, medium quality, average
  7. (in the plural) circles, quarters, classes, strata (of population)
Declension

Preposition

وَسْطَ or وَسَطَ • (wasṭa or wasaṭa)

  1. amidst, midst, at the center of, in the middle of, among, amongst
Inflection
    Inflected forms
Base form وَسْطَ (wasṭa)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person وَسْطِي‎ (wasṭī) وَسْطَنَا‎ (wasṭanā)
Second person وَسْطَكَ‎ (wasṭaka) وَسْطَكِ‎ (wasṭaki) وَسْطَكُمَا‎ (wasṭakumā) وَسْطَكُمْ‎ (wasṭakum) وَسْطَكُنَّ‎ (wasṭakunna)
Third person وَسْطَهُ‎ (wasṭahu) وَسْطَهَا‎ (wasṭahā) وَسْطَهُمَا‎ (wasṭahumā) وَسْطَهُمْ‎ (wasṭahum) وَسْطَهُنَّ‎ (wasṭahunna)
    Inflected forms
Base form وَسَطَ (wasaṭa)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person وَسَطِي‎ (wasaṭī) وَسَطَنَا‎ (wasaṭanā)
Second person وَسَطَكَ‎ (wasaṭaka) وَسَطَكِ‎ (wasaṭaki) وَسَطَكُمَا‎ (wasaṭakumā) وَسَطَكُمْ‎ (wasaṭakum) وَسَطَكُنَّ‎ (wasaṭakunna)
Third person وَسَطَهُ‎ (wasaṭahu) وَسَطَهَا‎ (wasaṭahā) وَسَطَهُمَا‎ (wasaṭahumā) وَسَطَهُمْ‎ (wasaṭahum) وَسَطَهُنَّ‎ (wasaṭahunna)

Further reading

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “وسط”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, 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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa.sa.tˤa/

Verb

وَسَطَ • (wasaṭa) I, non-past يَسِطُ‎‎ (yasiṭu)

  1. to be in the middle, to penetrate into the middle
Conjugation

Further reading

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /was.sa.tˤa/

Verb

وَسَّطَ • (wassaṭa) II, non-past يُوَسِّطُ‎‎ (yuwassiṭu)

  1. to place or put in the middle
Conjugation

Further reading

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wu.satˤ/

Adjective

وُسَط • (wusaṭ) f pl

  1. feminine plural of أَوْسَط‎ (ʔawsaṭ)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic وَسَط‎ (wasaṭ).

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /wasat/

    Noun

    وَسَط • (vasat)

    1. middle, center
      ‏وسط بهار‎ ― vasat-e bahâr ― middle of spring
      ‏در وسط اصفهان‎ ― dar vasat-e esfahân ― in the middle of Isfahan
      Synonym: میان‎ (miyân)
    2. (mathematics) average

    Descendants

    • → Hindustani: vasat
      Urdu: وَسَط‎
    • → Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਵਸਤ (vasat)
      Shahmukhi script: وَسَط‎ (vasat̤)
    • Turkish: vasat (check ancestor whether Arabic or Persian)
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