واسطه

See also: واسطة and واسطہ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic وَاسِطَة (wāsiṭa).

Noun

واسطه • (vasıta)

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

Derived terms

• واسطه‌سیله (vasıtasile)

Descendants

• Turkish: vasıta

Etymology 2

Noun

واسطه • (vasıta)

1. dative of واسط (vasıt, “Wasit”)

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “واسطه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2122

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَاسِطَة (wāsiṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /waː.si.ˈta/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wɑː.sɪ.t̪ʰä]

• (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

واسطه • (wāsita / vâsete) (Tajik spelling восита)

1. anything intermediate

Derived terms

• به واسطهٔ (ba wāsita-yi / be vâsete-ye)

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