वेश

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱেশ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬾᬰ (Balinese script)
• বেশ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰸𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑁂𑀰 (Brahmi script)
• ဝေၐ (Burmese script)
• વેશ (Gujarati script)
• ਵੇਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍇𑌶 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦺꦯ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂵𑂬 (Kaithi script)
• ವೇಶ (Kannada script)
• វេឝ (Khmer script)
• ເວຨ (Lao script)
• വേശ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡝᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘹𑘫 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠧᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧚𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐾𑐱 (Newa script)
• ଵେଶ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢾꢯ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆼𑆯 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖸𑖫 (Siddham script)
• වෙශ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩔𑩿 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚲𑚧 (Takri script)
• வேஶ (Tamil script)
• వేశ (Telugu script)
• เวศ (Thai script)
• ཝེ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒹𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨄𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root विश् (viś).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐj.ɕɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋeː.ɕɐ/

Noun

वेश • (veśá) stem, m

1. "a settler", small farmer, tenant, neighbor, dependent, vassal
2. entrance, ingress
3. a tent
4. a house, dwelling
5. prostitution or a house of ill fame, brothel
6. the behavior of a courtesan

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वेश (veśá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वेशः veśáḥ	वेशौ / वेशा¹ veśaú / veśā́¹	वेशाः / वेशासः¹ veśā́ḥ / veśā́saḥ¹
Vocative	वेश véśa	वेशौ / वेशा¹ véśau / véśā¹	वेशाः / वेशासः¹ véśāḥ / véśāsaḥ¹
Accusative	वेशम् veśám	वेशौ / वेशा¹ veśaú / veśā́¹	वेशान् veśā́n
Instrumental	वेशेन veśéna	वेशाभ्याम् veśā́bhyām	वेशैः / वेशेभिः¹ veśaíḥ / veśébhiḥ¹
Dative	वेशाय veśā́ya	वेशाभ्याम् veśā́bhyām	वेशेभ्यः veśébhyaḥ
Ablative	वेशात् veśā́t	वेशाभ्याम् veśā́bhyām	वेशेभ्यः veśébhyaḥ
Genitive	वेशस्य veśásya	वेशयोः veśáyoḥ	वेशानाम् veśā́nām
Locative	वेशे veśé	वेशयोः veśáyoḥ	वेशेषु veśéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वेश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1019, column 1.