wasla

English

Alternative forms

• waṣla

Etymology

Pseudo-Arabism.

Noun

wasla (plural waslas or wasla)

1. (linguistics) A diacritic added to the Arabic letter alif ا to form ٱ, also called "hamzatu l-waṣli" - هَمْزَةُ الْوَصْلِ (hamzatu l-waṣli) or "alifu l-waṣli" - أَلِفُ الْوَصْلِ (ʔalifu l-waṣli). It denotes elision and is seldom used in practice in fully vocalised Arabic texts, only to highlight that the alif is silent هَمْزَةُ ٱلْوَصْلِ (hamzatu l-waṣli) = هَمْزَةُ الْوَصْلِ (hamzatu l-waṣli)

Translations

an Arabic diacritic denoting elision of the alif

• Arabic: وَصْلَة f (waṣla), هَمْزَةُ الْوَصْلِ f (hamzatu l-waṣli), أَلِفُ الْوَصْلِ f (ʔalifu l-waṣli)
• French: wasla (fr) m
• German: Wasla n
• Persian: وصله (fa) (vasle)
• Russian: ва́сла (ru) f (vásla)
• Tajik: васла (vasla)
• Uzbek: vasla

Anagrams

• Waals

Maltese

Root
w-s-l
6 terms

Etymology

From Arabic وَصْلَة (waṣla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwas.la/

Noun

wasla f (dual wasaltajn, plural wasliet)

1. an arrival
   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:

     Ja Sena Ġdida,
     għalkemm mal-wasla tiegħek
     sew f’nofs il-lejl
     int sibtni nidħaq ġewwa nofs il-ballu

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)