वासी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वासिन् (vāsin).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

वासी • (vāsī) m (Urdu spelling واسی‎)

inhabitant
- 1960, Shailendra Singh (lyrics), Shankar Jaikishan (music), “Hum Us Desh Ke Vasi Hain”, in 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

Declension

Declension of वासी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	वासी vāsī	वासी vāsī
oblique	वासी vāsī	वासियों vāsiyõ
vocative	वासी vāsī	वासियो vāsiyo

Adjective

वासी • (vāsī) (indeclinable)

inhabiting, dwelling

References

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

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