उपवासी

Borrowed from Sanskrit उपवासिन् (upavāsin). By surface analysis, उपवास (upvās, “a fast”) +‎ -ई (-ī).

• IPA^(key): /up.ʋa.si/, [up.ʋa.siː]

उपवासी • (upavāsī)

1. fasting; abstaining from food

उपवासी • (upavāsī) n

1. an individual who is fasting

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “उपवासी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “उपवास”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press