वासी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वासिन् (vāsin).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.siː/, [ʋäː.siː]

Noun

वासी • (vāsī) m (Urdu spelling واسی)

1. inhabitant
   • 1960, “Hum Us Desh Ke Vasi Hain”, in Shailendra Singh (lyrics), Shankar Jaikishan (music), Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai, performed by Mukesh:

     बच्चों के लिये जो धरती माँ
     सदियों से सभी कुछ सहती है
     हम उस देश के वासी हैं, हम उस देश के वासी हैं
     जिस देश में गंगा बहती है

     baccõ ke liye jo dhartī mā̃
     sadiyõ se sabhī kuch sahtī hai
     ham us deś ke vāsī ha͠i, ham us deś ke vāsī ha͠i
     jis deś mẽ gaṅgā bahtī hai

     She bears everything for her children
     She has endured all for centuries
     We are the people of that country, we are the people of that country
     that country in which the Ganga flows

Declension

Declension of वासी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	वासी vāsī	वासी vāsī
oblique	वासी vāsī	वासियों vāsiyõ
vocative	वासी vāsī	वासियो vāsiyo

Adjective

वासी • (vāsī) (indeclinable)

1. inhabiting, dwelling

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वासी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press