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): [wɑː.si.ta]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.sɪ.t̪ʰä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɑː.sɪ.t̪ʰä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wɔː.si.t̪ʰä]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [vɒː.se.t̪ʰe]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vɔ.si.t̪ʰä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	wāsita
Dari reading^?	wāsita
Iranian reading^?	vâsete
Tajik reading^?	vosita

Noun


Iranian Persian	واسطه
Dari	واسطه
Tajik	восита

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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