vesiyā

Pali

Alternative forms

• vesī

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯𑁂𑀲𑀺𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• वेसिया (Devanagari script)
• ৰেসিযা (Bengali script)
• වෙසියා (Sinhalese script)
• ဝေသိယာ or ဝေသိယႃ (Burmese script)
• เวสิยา (Thai script)
• ᩅᩮᩈᩥᨿᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ເວສິຍາ or ເວສິຢາ (Lao script)
• វេសិយា (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄬𑄥𑄨𑄠𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वेश्या (veśyā). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀲𑀺𑀬𑀸 (vesiyā), 𑀯𑁂𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (vĕssā), 𑀯𑁂𑀲𑀸 (vesā).

Noun

vesiyā f

1. prostitute (woman who engages in sexual activity for payment)

   Synonym: vaṇṇadāsī

Declension

Declension table of "vesiyā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vesiyā	vesiyāyo or vesiyā
Accusative (second)	vesiyaṃ	vesiyāyo or vesiyā
Instrumental (third)	vesiyāya	vesiyāhi or vesiyābhi
Dative (fourth)	vesiyāya	vesiyānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vesiyāya	vesiyāhi or vesiyābhi
Genitive (sixth)	vesiyāya	vesiyānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vesiyāya or vesiyāyaṃ	vesiyāsu
Vocative (calling)	vesiye	vesiyāyo or vesiyā

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vēśyā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 702