واسطة

See also: واسطه‎ and واسطہ‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root و س ط‎ (w-s-ṭ); compare وَسْط‎ (wasṭ, “center”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /waː.si.tˤa/

Noun

وَاسِطَة • (wāsiṭa) f (plural وَاسِطَات‎ (wāsiṭāt))

  1. intermediary
  2. agent, means, medium
    ‏بِوَاسِطَة‎ ― bi-wāsiṭa ― through, by means of
  3. expedient
  4. personal connection, contact, hookup, networking; nepotism, cronyism

Declension
Declension of noun وَاسِطَة (wāsiṭa)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal وَاسِطَة
wāsiṭa		 الْوَاسِطَة‎
al-wāsiṭa		 وَاسِطَة
wāsiṭat
Nominative وَاسِطَةٌ
wāsiṭatun		 الْوَاسِطَةُ‎
al-wāsiṭatu		 وَاسِطَةُ
wāsiṭatu
Accusative وَاسِطَةً
wāsiṭatan		 الْوَاسِطَةَ‎
al-wāsiṭata		 وَاسِطَةَ
wāsiṭata
Genitive وَاسِطَةٍ
wāsiṭatin		 الْوَاسِطَةِ‎
al-wāsiṭati		 وَاسِطَةِ
wāsiṭati

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: vasitə
  • → Chagatai: واسطه‎
    • Uyghur: ۋاسىتە‎ (wasite)
    • Uzbek: vosita
  • → Ottoman Turkish: واسطه‎ (vasıta)
  • → Persian: واسطه‎ (vâsete)
  • → Urdu: واسطہ‎

References
  • Haywood, J.A.; Nahmad, H.M. (1965), “واسطة”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “وسط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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