different between mediation vs wasta

English

Etymology

From Late Latin medi?ti? (perhaps via Middle French mediation/mediacion) from medi?r? (“intervene”), from Latin medius (“middle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /midi?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

mediation (countable and uncountable, plural mediations)

1. Negotiation to resolve differences conducted by an impartial party.
2. The act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement.

Derived terms

• cybermediation
• hypermediation
• mediational
• transmediation

Related terms

• mediate
• mediator
• mid

Translations

See also

• arbitration

Further reading

• "mediation" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 204.

Danish

Noun

mediation c (singular definite mediationen, plural indefinite mediationer)

1. mediation

Declension

Further reading

• “mediation” in Den Danske Ordbog

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ????????? (w?si?a)

Noun

wasta (plural wastas)

1. (Arab society, often italicized) Intercession or mediation by people on behalf of others to whom they are connected by friendship or blood

Synonyms

• connections, nepotism, cronyism

See also

• wasta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• tawas

Balinese

Romanization

wasta

1. Romanization of ????

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ????

Noun

wasta (krama wasta, krama inggil asma)

1. Krama of aran.
2. Krama of jeneng.

References

• "wasta" in Tim Balai Bahasa Yogyakarta, Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa). Kanisius, Yogyakarta