वेष

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáyṣas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyšas, probably from Proto-Indo-European *wéys-os, from *weys- (to increase; to produce).[1] The "dress" meaning is a semantic extension from "work" > "worked exterior" > "dress". The Sanskrit root is विष् (viṣ).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

वेष • (véṣa) stem, m

  1. work, activity, management
  2. dress, apparel, ornament, garment, artificial exterior, assumed appearance
    Synonyms: वस्त्र (vástra), वेश (véśa), वास (vāsa)
  3. (in general) look, exterior, appearance

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वेष (véṣa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative वेषः
véṣaḥ
वेषौ / वेषा¹
véṣau / véṣā¹
वेषाः / वेषासः¹
véṣāḥ / véṣāsaḥ¹
Vocative वेष
véṣa
वेषौ / वेषा¹
véṣau / véṣā¹
वेषाः / वेषासः¹
véṣāḥ / véṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative वेषम्
véṣam
वेषौ / वेषा¹
véṣau / véṣā¹
वेषान्
véṣān
Instrumental वेषेण
véṣeṇa
वेषाभ्याम्
véṣābhyām
वेषैः / वेषेभिः¹
véṣaiḥ / véṣebhiḥ¹
Dative वेषाय
véṣāya
वेषाभ्याम्
véṣābhyām
वेषेभ्यः
véṣebhyaḥ
Ablative वेषात्
véṣāt
वेषाभ्याम्
véṣābhyām
वेषेभ्यः
véṣebhyaḥ
Genitive वेषस्य
véṣasya
वेषयोः
véṣayoḥ
वेषाणाम्
véṣāṇām
Locative वेषे
véṣe
वेषयोः
véṣayoḥ
वेषेषु
véṣeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

  1. Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*u̯eis-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 644
  2. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 585-6
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