واسطه

See also: واسطة‎ and واسطہ‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَاسِطَة‎ (wāsiṭa).

Noun

واسطه • (vasıta)

an intermediary; a channel; a means; a go-between

Derived terms

واسطه‌سیله‎ (vasıtasıyla)

Descendants

Turkish: vasıta

Further reading

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “واسطه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2122

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَاسِطَة‎ (wāsiṭa).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /wɑːsita/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /wɑːsɪta/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /vɒːsete/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /vɔsita/

Noun

Iranian Persian	واسطه
Dari	واسطه
Tajik	восита (vosita)

واسطه • (vâsete)

anything intermediate

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “واسطه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “واسطه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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