وصیت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَصِيَّة (waṣiyya).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /wa.sij.ˈjat/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.si.jät̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.si.jät̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wä.si.jät̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wä.si.jät̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væ.si.jæt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vä.si.jät̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	wasiyyat
Dari reading?	wasiyat
Iranian reading?	vasiyat
Tajik reading?	vasiyat

Noun

Dari	وصیت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	васият

وصیت • (wasiyyat / vasiyat)

1. (law) will, testament
2. legacy, bequest
3. precept, command

Derived terms

• وصیت‌نامه (wasiyyat-nāma / vasiyat-nâme)

Descendants

• → Bengali: অসিয়ত (ośiẏot)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: वसीयत (vasīyat)

  Urdu: وصیت (wasīyat)

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “وصیت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَصِیَّت (wasiyyat), from Arabic وَصِيَّة (waṣiyya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /wə.sɪ.jət̪/

Noun

وَصِیَت • (vasiyat) f (Hindi spelling वसीयत)

1. (law) will, testament

References

• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “وصیت”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]