वश्य

Sanskrit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *waśyás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *waćyás, from Proto-Indo-European *weḱ-yós (“wished, wanted”), with semantic shift.

Adjective

वश्य • (vaśya)

subjected, dependent
subdued, tamed, humbled
being under control, obedient to another's will, dutiful, docile, tame, humble, at the disposal of

Noun

वश्य • (vaśya) m

a dependent, slave

References

Monier Williams (1899), “वश्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 929.

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