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wasta | wanta |

As a noun wasta

is intercession or mediation by people on behalf of others to whom they are connected by friendship or blood.

As a contraction wanta is

eye dialect of want to|lang=en.

wasta

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Arab society, often, italicized) Intercession or mediation by people on behalf of others to whom they are connected by friendship or blood
  • * {{quote-news, 2003, 15 June, Syed Rashid Husain, 'Wasta' at US Embassy, Arab News citation
  • , passage=The number of those traveling to the US during summer may definitely have gone down, but if one can hook onto a wasta , one could get into the queue of applicants without having to get up early in the morning.}}

    Synonyms

    * connections, nepotism

    See also

    * (wikipedia "wasta")

    wanta

    English

    Alternative forms

    * wanna

    Contraction

    (en-cont)
  • 1937 , , Their Eyes Were Watching God , Harper Perennial (2000), page 163:
    “We don’t wanta . Come on aid us. It might be night time when de water hem you up in heah. Dat’s how come Ah won’t stay. Come on, man.”

    See also

    * gotta * gonna ----