vesī

Pali

Alternative forms

• vesiyā

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯𑁂𑀲𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• वेसी (Devanagari script)
• ৰেসী (Bengali script)
• වෙසී (Sinhalese script)
• ဝေသီ or ဝေသဳ (Burmese script)
• เวสี (Thai script)
• ᩅᩮᩈᩦ (Tai Tham script)
• ເວສີ (Lao script)
• វេសី (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄬𑄥𑄩 (Chakma script)

Etymology

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

Noun

vesī f

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

   Synonym: vaṇṇadāsī

Declension

Declension table of "vesī" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vesī	vesiyo or vesī
Accusative (second)	vesiṃ or vesiyaṃ	vesiyo or vesī
Instrumental (third)	vesiyā	vesīhi or vesībhi
Dative (fourth)	vesiyā	vesīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vesiyā	vesīhi or vesībhi
Genitive (sixth)	vesiyā	vesīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vesiyā or vesiyaṃ	vesīsu
Vocative (calling)	vesi	vesiyo or vesī

References

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