वेश
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱেশ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬾᬰ (Balinese script)
- বেশ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰸𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑁂𑀰 (Brahmi script)
- ဝေၐ (Burmese script)
- વેશ (Gujarati script)
- ਵੇਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑍇𑌶 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦺꦯ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂵𑂬 (Kaithi script)
- ವೇಶ (Kannada script)
- វេឝ (Khmer script)
- ເວຨ (Lao script)
- വേശ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡝᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘹𑘫 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠧᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧚𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐾𑐱 (Newa script)
- ଵେଶ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢾꢯ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆼𑆯 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖸𑖫 (Siddham script)
- වෙශ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩔𑩿 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚲𑚧 (Takri script)
- வேஶ (Tamil script)
- వేశ (Telugu script)
- เวศ (Thai script)
- ཝེ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒹𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨄𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-o-s. Cognate with Latin vīcus. The Sanskrit root is विश् (viś).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɐj.ɕɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋeː.ɕɐ/
Noun
वे॒श • (veśá) stem, m
- "a settler", small farmer, tenant, neighbor, dependent, vassal
- entrance, ingress
- a tent
- a house, dwelling
- prostitution or a house of ill fame, brothel
- the behavior of a courtesan
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वे॒शः (veśáḥ) | वे॒शौ (veśáu) वे॒शा¹ (veśā́¹) |
वे॒शाः (veśā́ḥ) वे॒शासः॑¹ (veśā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | वे॒शम् (veśám) | वे॒शौ (veśáu) वे॒शा¹ (veśā́¹) |
वे॒शान् (veśā́n) |
| instrumental | वे॒शेन॑ (veśéna) | वे॒शाभ्या॑म् (veśā́bhyām) | वे॒शैः (veśáiḥ) वे॒शेभिः॑¹ (veśébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | वे॒शाय॑ (veśā́ya) | वे॒शाभ्या॑म् (veśā́bhyām) | वे॒शेभ्यः॑ (veśébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वे॒शात् (veśā́t) | वे॒शाभ्या॑म् (veśā́bhyām) | वे॒शेभ्यः॑ (veśébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वे॒शस्य॑ (veśásya) | वे॒शयोः॑ (veśáyoḥ) | वे॒शाना॑म् (veśā́nām) |
| locative | वे॒शे (veśé) | वे॒शयोः॑ (veśáyoḥ) | वे॒शेषु॑ (veśéṣu) |
| vocative | वेश॑ (véśa) | वेशौ॑ (véśau) वेशा॑¹ (véśā¹) |
वेशाः॑ (véśāḥ) वेशा॑सः¹ (véśāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “वेश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1019, column 1.