واسطة

See also: واسطه and واسطہ

Arabic

Etymology

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)
  • Turkish: vasıta
• → Persian: واسطه (vâsete)
• → Urdu: واسطہ

References

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “واسطة”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd 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

Hijazi Arabic

Root
و س ط
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic وَاسِطَة (wāsiṭa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waːs.tˤa/, [waːsˤ.tˤa]

Noun

واسطة • (wāsṭa) f (plural وَاسْطَات (wāsṭāt))

1. personal connection, contact, hookup, networking; nepotism, cronyism