توسط

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Arabic

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Root
و س ط (w-s-ṭ)

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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تَوَسَّطَ (tawassaṭa) V, non-past يَتَوَسَّطُ‎ (yatawassaṭu)

  1. to be in the middle or moderate
  2. to intermediate, to mediate (to resolve a conflict)
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Verbal noun of تَوَسَّطَ (tawassaṭa).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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تَوَسُّط (tawassuṭm

  1. verbal noun of تَوَسَّطَ (tawassaṭa) (form V)
  2. moderation, moderateness
    Synonym: اِعْتِدَال (iʕtidāl)
    Antonyms: غُلُو (ḡulū), تَطَرُّف (taṭarruf)
  3. mediation, intermediation agency
  4. intermediateness
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Azerbaijani: təvəssüt
  • Ottoman Turkish: توسط (tavassut)
  • Persian: توسط

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic تَوَسُّط (tawassuṭ). The preposition is short for به توسطِ (be tavasot-e).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? tawassut
Dari reading? tawassut
Iranian reading? tavassot
Tajik reading? tavassut

Noun

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تَوَسُط (tavvasot)

  1. intermediation, intercession
  2. intermediary

Preposition

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تَوَسُطِ (tavvasot-e)

  1. by, through
    Synonym: به وسیله (be vasile-ye)