वासी

Borrowed from Sanskrit वासिन् (vāsin).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.siː/, [ʋäː.siː]

वासी • (vāsī) m (Urdu spelling واسی)

1. inhabitant

   Synonym: निवासी (nivāsī)

   • 1960, “Hum Us Desh Ke Vasi Hain”, in Shailendra Singh (lyrics), Shankar Jaikishan (music), Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai, performed by Mukesh:

     बच्चों के लिये जो धरती माँ
     सदियों से सभी कुछ सहती है
     हम उस देश के वासी हैं, हम उस देश के वासी हैं
     जिस देश में गंगा बहती है

     baccõ ke liye jo dhartī mā̃
     sadiyõ se sabhī kuch sahtī hai
     ham us deś ke vāsī ha͠i, ham us deś ke vāsī ha͠i
     jis deś mẽ gaṅgā bahtī hai

     She bears everything for her children
     She has endured all for centuries
     We are the people of that country, we are the people of that country
     that country in which the Ganga flows

वासी • (vāsī) (indeclinable)

1. inhabiting, dwelling

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वासी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press