وسیع

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَسِيع.

Pronunciation

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

(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'
Dari reading^?	wasī'
Iranian reading^?	vasi'
Tajik reading^?	vasiʾ

Adjective

وسیع • (vasi')

wide, large, vast, extensive
― kešvar-e vasi'i ― an extensive country

― 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

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