واسی

Urdu

Alternative forms

• باسی (bāsī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वासिन् (vāsin). Related to بسنا (basnā, “to live, reside”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.siː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: وا‧سی

Noun

واسی • (vāsī) m (Hindi spelling वासी)

1. inhabitant, native

Declension

Declension of واسی
	singular	plural
direct	واسی (vāsī)	واسی (vāsī)
oblique	واسی (vāsī)	واسیوں (vāsiyō̃)
vocative	واسی (vāsī)	واسیو (vāsiyō)

Adjective

واسی • (vāsī) (indeclinable)

1. inhabiting, dwelling

References

• “واسی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “واسی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.