वेष

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáyṣas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyšas, probably from Proto-Indo-European *wéys-os, from *weys- (“to increase; to produce”).^[1] The "dress" meaning is a semantic extension from "work" > "worked exterior" > "dress". The Sanskrit root is विष् (viṣ).^[2]

वेष • (véṣa) stem, m

Masculine a-stem declension of वेष (véṣa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वेषः véṣaḥ	वेषौ / वेषा¹ véṣau / véṣā¹	वेषाः / वेषासः¹ véṣāḥ / véṣāsaḥ¹
Vocative	वेष véṣa	वेषौ / वेषा¹ véṣau / véṣā¹	वेषाः / वेषासः¹ véṣāḥ / véṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative	वेषम् véṣam	वेषौ / वेषा¹ véṣau / véṣā¹	वेषान् véṣān
Instrumental	वेषेण véṣeṇa	वेषाभ्याम् véṣābhyām	वेषैः / वेषेभिः¹ véṣaiḥ / véṣebhiḥ¹
Dative	वेषाय véṣāya	वेषाभ्याम् véṣābhyām	वेषेभ्यः véṣebhyaḥ
Ablative	वेषात् véṣāt	वेषाभ्याम् véṣābhyām	वेषेभ्यः véṣebhyaḥ
Genitive	वेषस्य véṣasya	वेषयोः véṣayoḥ	वेषाणाम् véṣāṇām
Locative	वेषे véṣe	वेषयोः véṣayoḥ	वेषेषु véṣeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Monier Williams (1899) “वेष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1019/2.

^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*u̯eis-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 644
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 585-6