As a Hindi name
वेश्या · noun · feminine
वह स्त्री जो नाचती गाती और धन लेकर लोगों के साथ संभोग करती हो । गाने और कसब कमानेवाली औरत । रंडी · टुंटुका । पाढा़ (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
वेश्या · veśyā · s.f.
A harlot, prostitute (i.q. beswā, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1210
वेश्या · veśyā · s.m.
Habitation of harlots — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1210
वेश्या · feminine
prostitute
Cited formation "वेश्या" is वेश्य + -आ: वेश्य means "वेश्या के रहने का मकान । रंडी का घर", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "वेश्या" is वेश्य + -आ: वेश्य means "वेश्या के रहने का मकान । रंडी का घर", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi वेश्या — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit वेश्या (veśyā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
veśyā f. See below
veśyā f. ‘intranda’, a harlot, courtezan, prostitute, Mn.; MBh. &c. (in comp. also veśya; see prec.)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘intranda’, a harlot, courtezan, prostitute, &c. (in comp. also veśya; see prec.)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "veśyā" is the instrumental of "veśī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "veśyā" is the feminine form of "veśya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "veśyā" is the instrumental of "veśi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "veśya" is derived from "veś" with the yat suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
veś See √ ves.
veśya mfn. to be entered (ifc. g. vargyādi)
veśya n. neighbourhood, dependence, vassalage, RV.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
veśyā f. See below
veśyā f. ‘intranda’, a harlot, courtezan, prostitute, Mn.; MBh. &c. (in comp. also veśya; see prec.)
Clypea Hernandifolia, L.
a kind of metre, Col.
veśyā A harlot, prostitute, courtezan, concubine; tvaṃ vāpīva lateva nauriva janaṃ veśyāsi sarvaṃ bhaja Mk. 1. 32; Me. 35, Y. 1. 141. Comp. — ācāryaḥ 1 the master or keeper of prostitutes. 2 a pimp. 3 a catamite. — āśrayaḥ habitation of harlots. — gamanaṃ debauchery, whoring. — gṛhaṃ a brothel. — janaḥ a harlot. — paṇaḥ the wages given to a prostitute.
veśī f. ‘entering, piercing (?)’, a pin, needle, RV. vii, 18, 7 (Sāy.)
veśya mfn. to be entered (ifc. g. vargyādi)
veśya n. neighbourhood, dependence, vassalage, RV.
veśi f. (in astron.) = Φάσις N. of the second astrological house from that in which the sun is situated, VarBṛS.
veś See √ ves.
Alternative readings
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