वेष
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱেষ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬾᬱ (Balinese script)
- বেষ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰸𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑁂𑀱 (Brahmi script)
- ဝေၑ (Burmese script)
- વેષ (Gujarati script)
- ਵੇਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑍇𑌷 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦺꦰ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂵𑂭 (Kaithi script)
- ವೇಷ (Kannada script)
- វេឞ (Khmer script)
- ເວຩ (Lao script)
- വേഷ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡝᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘹𑘬 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠧᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧚𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐾𑐲 (Newa script)
- ଵେଷ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢾꢰ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆼𑆰 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖸𑖬 (Siddham script)
- වෙෂ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩔𑪀 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚲 (Takri script)
- வேஷ (Tamil script)
- వేష (Telugu script)
- เวษ (Thai script)
- ཝེ་ཥ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒹𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨄𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)
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
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɐ́j.ʂɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋeː.ʂɐ/
Noun
वेष • (véṣa) stem, m
- work, activity, management
- dress, apparel, ornament, garment, artificial exterior, assumed appearance
- (in general) look, exterior, appearance
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वेषः (véṣaḥ) | वेषौ (véṣau) वेषा¹ (véṣā¹) |
वेषाः (véṣāḥ) वेषासः¹ (véṣāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | वेषम् (véṣam) | वेषौ (véṣau) वेषा¹ (véṣā¹) |
वेषान् (véṣān) |
| instrumental | वेषेण (véṣeṇa) | वेषाभ्याम् (véṣābhyām) | वेषैः (véṣaiḥ) वेषेभिः¹ (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) |
| vocative | वेष (véṣa) | वेषौ (véṣau) वेषा¹ (véṣā¹) |
वेषाः (véṣāḥ) वेषासः¹ (véṣāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वेष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1019/2.
- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*u̯eis-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 644
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 585-6