As a Hindi name
वेश · noun · masculine
कपड़े लत्ते और गहने आदि पहनकर अपने आपकी सजाना · किसी के कपड़े लत्ते आदि पहनने का ढंग · पहनने के वस्त्र । पोशाक । जैसे,—अब आप अपने वेश उतारिए — Śabdasāgara
वेश · veś · s.m.
Entrance, ingress, access — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1210
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
entrance, ingress
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M3 · meaning shifts "veśa" is derived from "ve" with the śas suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. ve (cf. √ ūy) cl. 1. P. Ā. (Dhātup. xxiii, 37) vayati, ˚te (pf. p. vavau or uvāya; 2. sg. uvayitha Gr.; 3. pl. vavuḥ, ib.; ūvuḥ, RV.; ūyuḥ, Bhaṭṭ.; Ā. vave, ūve, ūye Gr.; aor. avāsīt, avāsta Gr.; Prec. ūyāt, vāsīṣṭa, ib.; fut. vātā, ib.; vāsyati, ˚te, ib.; vayiṣyati, RV.; inf. otum, otave, otavai, ib.; vātave, AV.), to weave, interweave, braid, plait (fig. to string or join together artificially, make, compose, e.g. speeches, hymns), RV. &c. &c.; to make into a cover, into a web or web-like covering, overspread as with a web (said of a cloud-like mass of arrows filling the air), Bhaṭṭ. : Pass. ūyate (aor. avāyi) Gr.: Caus. vāyayati, ib. : Desid. vivāsati, ˚te, ib. : Intens. vāvāyate, vāveti, vāvāti, ib.
2. ve m. a bird (strong stem of 1. vi, q.v.)
veśa m. (√ 1. viś) ‘a settler’, small farmer, tenant, neighbour, dependent, vassal, RV.; Kāṭh. (once in VS. veśa)
entrance, ingress, W.
Dictionary citations
veśa m. (√ 1. viś) ‘a settler’, small farmer, tenant, neighbour, dependent, vassal, RV.; Kāṭh. (once in VS. veśa)
entrance, ingress, W.
a tent (see vastra-v˚)
a house, dwelling (cf. veśavāṭa), L.
prostitution or a house of ill fame, brothel, Mn.; Daś.; Kathās.
1. ve (cf. √ ūy) cl. 1. P. Ā. (Dhātup. xxiii, 37) vayati, ˚te (pf. p. vavau or uvāya; 2. sg. uvayitha Gr.; 3. pl. vavuḥ, ib.; ūvuḥ, RV.; ūyuḥ, Bhaṭṭ.; Ā. vave, ūve, ūye Gr.; aor. avāsīt, avāsta Gr.; Prec. ūyāt, vāsīṣṭa, ib.; fut. vātā, ib.; vāsyati, ˚te, ib.; vayiṣyati, RV.; inf. otum, otave, otavai, ib.; vātave, AV.), to weave, interweave, braid, plait (fig. to string or join together artificially, make, compose, e.g. speeches, hymns), RV. &c. &c.; to make into a cover, into a web or web-like covering, overspread as with a web (said of a cloud-like mass of arrows filling the air), Bhaṭṭ. : Pass. ūyate (aor. avāyi) Gr.: Caus. vāyayati, ib. : Desid. vivāsati, ˚te, ib. : Intens. vāvāyate, vāveti, vāvāti, ib.
2. ve m. a bird (strong stem of 1. vi, q.v.)
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