وسط

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
و س ط (w-s-ṭ)

Compare Classical Syriac ܝܫܛܐ (yašṭā, esophagus, throat) and Ge'ez ውሳጤ (wəsaṭe, inside, interior).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /wa.satˤ/
  • IPA(key): /wastˤ/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

وَسَط or وَسْط (wasaṭ or wasṭm (plural أَوْسَاط (ʔawsāṭ))

  1. middle, center
  2. waist
  3. the golden mean
  4. milieu, environment, surroundings, sphere
  5. means, instrument, agent, medium
  6. mediocrity, medium quality, average
  7. (in the plural) circles, quarters, classes, strata (of population)
Declension[edit]

Preposition[edit]

وَسْطَ or وَسَطَ (wasṭa or wasaṭa)

  1. amidst, midst, at the center of, in the middle of, among, amongst
Inflection[edit]
    Inflected forms
Base form وَسْطَ (wasṭa)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person وَسْطِي (wasṭī) وَسْطَنَا (wasṭanā)
Second person وَسْطَكَ (wasṭaka) وَسْطَكِ (wasṭaki) وَسْطَكُمَا (wasṭakumā) وَسْطَكُمْ (wasṭakum) وَسْطَكُنَّ (wasṭakunna)
Third person وَسْطَهُ (wasṭahu) وَسْطَهَا (wasṭahā) وَسْطَهُمَا (wasṭahumā) وَسْطَهُمْ (wasṭahum) وَسْطَهُنَّ (wasṭahunna)
    Inflected forms
Base form وَسَطَ (wasaṭa)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person وَسَطِي (wasaṭī) وَسَطَنَا (wasaṭanā)
Second person وَسَطَكَ (wasaṭaka) وَسَطَكِ (wasaṭaki) وَسَطَكُمَا (wasaṭakumā) وَسَطَكُمْ (wasaṭakum) وَسَطَكُنَّ (wasaṭakunna)
Third person وَسَطَهُ (wasaṭahu) وَسَطَهَا (wasaṭahā) وَسَطَهُمَا (wasaṭahumā) وَسَطَهُمْ (wasaṭahum) وَسَطَهُنَّ (wasaṭahunna)

Further reading[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

وَسَطَ (wasaṭa) I, non-past يَسِطُ‎ (yasiṭu)

  1. to be in the middle, to penetrate into the middle
Conjugation[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

وَسَّطَ (wassaṭa) II, non-past يُوَسِّطُ‎ (yuwassiṭu)

  1. to place or put in the middle
Conjugation[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

وُسَط (wusaṭf pl

  1. feminine plural of أَوْسَط (ʔawsaṭ)

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic وَسَط (wasaṭ).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? wasat
Dari reading? wasat
Iranian reading? vasat
Tajik reading? vasat

Noun[edit]

وَسَط (vasat)

  1. middle, center
    Synonym: میان (miyân)
    وسط بهارvasat-e bahârmiddle of spring
    در وسط اصفهانdar vasat-e esfahânin the middle of Isfahan
  2. (mathematics) average

Descendants[edit]

  • Hindustani: vasat
    Urdu: وَسَط (vasat)
    Hindi: औसत (ausat)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਵਸਤ (vasat)
    Shahmukhi script: وَسَط (vasat̤)
  • Turkish: vasat (check ancestor whether Arabic or Persian)