وسیع

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَسِيع.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wa.siːʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.seːʔ]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væ.siːʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vä.seʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	wasī'
Iranian reading?	vasi'
Tajik reading?	vasiʾ

Adjective

وسیع • (vasi')

1. wide, large, vast, extensive

   کشور وسیعی ― kešvar-e vasi'i ― an extensive country

   دشت وسیعی ― dašt-e vasi'i ― a wide field

Related terms

• وسعت (vos'at, “width, area”)

 

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “وسیع”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “وسیع”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press