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wasta

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Intercession or mediation by people on behalf of others to whom they are connected by friendship or blood

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: Arab society; often italicized; Arab society; often italicized

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَاسِطَة (wāsiṭa).