Inherited fromMiddle Englishwast(“waist”), probably fromOld English*wæst,*wǣst,*weaxt,*wæhst, fromProto-West Germanic*wahstu, fromProto-Germanic*wahstuz(“growth, development, stature, build”), fromProto-Indo-European*h₂weg-s-(“to multiply, increase”). Cognate withMiddle Englishwacste(“growth, increase, might, power”),Middle High Germanwahst(“growth”),Danishvækst(“growth”),Swedishväxt(“growth, development, size”),Icelandicvöxtur(“growth”),Gothic𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃(wahstus,“growth”). Related toOld Englishweaxan(“to grow, increase”). More atwax.
waist (pluralwaists)
- (anatomy) Thepart of thebodybetween thepelvis and thestomach.
- A part of apiece ofclothing that covers the waist.
- Thenarrowconnection between thethorax andabdomen in certaininsects (e.g.,bees,ants andwasps).
- The middle portion of thehull of aship or thefuselage of anaircraft.
- (nautical) That part of the upper deck of a ship between thequarterdeck and theforecastle.
- The middle part of anything.
Thewaist of a bell widens into the lip.
c.1599–1602 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene ii]:In the deadvast and middle of the night
part of the body
- Albanian:bel (sq) m
- Arabic:خَصْر m(ḵaṣr),وَسَط m(wasaṭ)
- Egyptian Arabic:وسط m(wesṭ)
- Armenian:իրան (hy)(iran),գոտկատեղ (hy)(gotkateġ)
- Azerbaijani:bel (az),qurşaq (az)
- Bashkir:бил(bil)
- Basque:gerri (eu)
- Belarusian:та́лія f(tálija)
- Bhojpuri:कमर(kamar)
- Bikol Central:abayan,iksan
- Breton:dargreiz (br) m,bandenn (br) f
- Brunei Malay:pinggang
- Bulgarian:та́лия f(tálija)
- Burmese:ခါး (my)(hka:)
- Catalan:cintura (ca) f
- Cebuano:hawak
- Chichewa:chiuno
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:腰 (zh)(yāo),腰部 (zh)(yāobù)
- Coptic:ϯⲡⲓ f(tipi)
- Czech:pas (cs) m
- Danish:talje c
- Dutch:middel (nl) n
- Esperanto:talio (eo)
- Estonian:vöökoht
- Finnish:vyötärö (fi)
- French:taille (fr) f
- Galician:cintura (gl) f,van (gl) m,cós m
- Georgian:წელი (ka)(c̣eli)
- German:Taille (de) f
- Greek:μέση (el) f(mési)
- Ancient:ἰξύς f(ixús)
- Gujarati:કમર (gu)(kamar)
- Hawaiian:pūhaka
- Hebrew:מֹתֶן (he) m(moten)
- Hiligaynon:hawak
- Hindi:कमर (hi) f(kamar)
- Hungarian:derék (hu)
- Icelandic:mitti (is) n
- Ido:tayo (io)
- Indonesian:pinggang (id)
- Ingrian:vöönkohta
- Iquito:acajinacúraji
- Italian:vita (it) f,cintura (it) f,cintola (it) f
- Japanese:胴のくびれ(どうのくびれ, dō no kubire),腰部 (ja)(ようぶ, yōbu),胴回り (ja)(どうまわり, dōmawari)
- Kabuverdianu:sintura
- Kannada:ಸೊಂಟ (kn)(soṇṭa)
- Kapampangan:awakan
- Kazakh:бел(bel)
- Khiamniungan Naga:ùm
- Khmer:ចង្កេះ (km)(cɑngkeh)
- Kinaray-a:hawak
- Korean:허리 (ko)(heori)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish:کەمەر(kemer)
- Northern Kurdish:navteng (ku) f,newq (ku) f
- Kyrgyz:бел (ky)(bel)
- Ladino:ביל m,bel m
- Lao:ແອວ (lo)(ʼǣu)
- Latin:mediaparscorporis f,mediumcorpus n
- Latvian:viduklis m,jostasvieta f
- Lithuanian:juosmuo ?
- Macedonian:појас (mk) m(pojas)
- Malay:pinggang (ms)
- Malayalam:ഇടുപ്പ് (ml)(iṭuppŭ)
- Maltese:qadd
- Manchu:ᡩᠠᡵᠠ(dara),ᡩᠠᡵᠠᠮᠠ(darama)
- Mansaka:awak
- Maori:please add this translation if you can
- Middle English:wast
- Mingrelian:ოჭიში(oč̣iši)
- Miyako:ヨーラ(jōra)
- Mongolian:бэлхүүс (mn)(belxüüs)
- Navajo:anííʼ
- Nepali:कटि (ne)(kaṭi),कम्मर (ne)(kammar)
- Norwegian:midje ?
- Odia:please add this translation if you can
- Old Turkic:𐰋𐰃𐰠(bél)
- Ottoman Turkish:بل(bel),خصر(hasr)
- Persian:کمر (fa)(kamar)
- Plautdietsch:Kjnäp f,Weest f,Taulj f
- Polish:talia (pl) f,pas (pl) m
- Portuguese:cintura (pt) f
- Romani:mashkar m
- Romanian:talie (ro) f,mijloc (ro) n
- Russian:та́лия (ru) f(tálija)
- Scottish Gaelic:meadhan m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic:по̏ја̄с m
- Roman:pȍjās (sh) m
- Sicilian:vita (scn) f,cintu m
- Slovak:pás m
- Slovene:pas (sl) m
- Spanish:cintura (es) f,cinto (es) m,talle (es) m
- Sundanese:angkeng
- Svan:ლა̄რტყა(lārṭq̇a),ჯაჭა̈რ(ǯač̣är)
- Swahili:kiuno (sw)
- Swedish:midja (sv) ?
- Tagalog:baywang (tl),bewang (tl)
- Tajik:камар (tg)(kamar),миён (tg)(miyon)
- Tamil:இடுப்பு (ta)(iṭuppu)
- Telugu:నడుము (te)(naḍumu)
- Thai:เอว (th)(eeo),สะเอว (th)(sà-eeo),กะเอว (th)(gà-eeo),บั้นเอว (th)
- Tibetan:please add this translation if you can
- Tooro:embaju class10
- Turkish:bel (tr)
- Turkmen:bil (tk)
- Tuvan:бел кежик(bel kejik),бел кеш(bel keş),бел кежи(bel keji)
- Ukrainian:та́лія f(tálija)
- Urdu:کمر f(kamar)
- Uyghur:بەل(bel)
- Uzbek:bel (uz)
- Vietnamese:eo (vi),eo lưng (vi)
- Welsh:gwasg m
- White Hmong:please add this translation if you can
- Yakut:биил(biil)
- Yami:kawakan
- Yiddish:טאַליע f(talye)
- Zazaki:mér
- Zhuang:hwet
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part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist
narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects
middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft
nautical: upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle
Translations to be checked
waist
- Romanization of𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄
waist
- Alternative form ofwast(“waste (noun)”)
waist
- Alternative form ofwast(“waist”)
waist
- Alternative form ofwasten
Inherited fromMiddle Englishwast(“waist”), probably fromOld English*wæst,*wæxt, fromProto-West Germanic*wahstī, formProto-Germanic*wahstuz.
waist (pluralwaists)
- waist
Waist in theEncyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Waist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia