وسیع

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَسِيع.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /wa.ˈsiːʔ/

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

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væ.siːʔ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vä.siʔ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	wasī'
Dari reading^?	wasī'
Iranian reading^?	vasi'
Tajik reading^?	vasi'

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.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (wasī'), from Arabic وَسِيع.

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋə.siː(ʔ)/

Noun

وَسِیع • (vasī') (Hindi spelling वसिय)

wide, extensive, broad
spacious, roomy, capacious

Further reading

“وسیع”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “وسیع”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.