B2noun
تَوْصِيَة
tawṣiya
recommendation
Example
قَدَّمَتِ اللَّجنَةُ تَوصِياتٍ لِتَحسينِ الأَداء.
qaddamati l-lajnatu tawṣiyātin li-taḥsīni l-adāʾ.
The committee presented recommendations to improve performance.
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Arabic root
و-ص-ي
2 words from this root family
B2noun
وَصِيَّةٌ
waṣiyyah
bequest / will / commandment
Example
كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذَا حَضَرَ أَحَدَكُمُ الْمَوْتُ إِنْ تَرَكَ خَيْرًا الْوَصِيَّةُ
kutiba ʿalaykum idhā ḥaḍara aḥadakumu al-mawtu in taraka khayran al-waṣiyyah
Prescribed for you when death approaches any of you, if he leaves wealth, is that he should make a bequest (2:180)
Grammar
Feminine noun. Plural: وَصَايَا (waṣāyā). Verb: أَوْصَى (Form IV, to bequeath/command). Also means divine commandment (as in God's waṣiyyah).
Culture
Islamic inheritance law balances fixed shares (farāʾiḍ) with the flexibility of the waṣiyyah — up to one-third of one's estate can be bequeathed freely.