وسادة

• وِسَاد (wisād), وُسَاد (wusād), وَسَاد (wasād)

Originally, a thing placed under the base of the head to sleep upon, hence a cushion, a seat or place to rest something upon. Cognate to Hebrew יְסוֹד (yǝsṓḏ, “base, foundation”), Aramaic אִיסָדָא (ʾĕsāḏā, “thing placed beneath, at the base or bottom; pillow”), Classical Syriac ܒܣܕܝܐ (bessāḏyā, “pillow, couch, place to rest upon”, literally “at the base or pillow”), Ugaritic 𐎊𐎒𐎄 (ysd, “base, foundation”), Akkadian 𒅖𒁲 (/⁠išdu⁠/, “base, foundation”), ultimately Proto-Semitic in origin.

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وِسَادَة or وَسَادَة or وُسَادَة • (wisāda or wasāda or wusāda) f (plural وَسَائِد (wasāʔid) or وِسَادَات (wisādāt) or وَسَادَات (wasādāt) or وُسَادَات (wusādāt))

1. pillow, cushion, bolster
2. throne

• وَسَّدَ (wassada, “to put a pillow under; to put to a pillow, to lay, to rest”)
• تَوَسَّدَ (tawassada, “to employ a pillow; to occupy oneself without cease with, to neglect other things for something”)

From Arabic وِسَادَة (wisāda).

• IPA^(key): /wsaː.da/

وسادة • (wsāda) f (plural وسادات (wsādāt) or وسايد (wsāyid))

1. cushion

   Synonyms: مخدة (mḵadda, “pillow, cushion”), خدية (ḵaddiyya, “pillow, cushion”)

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic وِسَادَة (wisāda).

• IPA^(key): /wsaː.de/, [ˈwsæː.de]
• IPA^(key): /wsaː.da/, [ˈwsæː.da]

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وسادة • (wsāde) f (plural وسادات (wsādāt) or وسائد (wasāʔed))

1. pillow

   Synonym: مخدّة (mḵadde)