VAISYA

Meaning of VAISYA in English

[ 'vʌɪsjə , -ʃjə ]

(also Vaishya )

■ noun a member of the third of the four Hindu castes, comprising merchants and farmers.

Origin

from Sanskrit vaiśya 'peasant, labourer'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

VAISYA — noun see: Vaishya
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VAISYA — noun also vaish·ya ˈvīs(h)yə ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Sanskrit vaiśya, from viś settlement — more at vicinity …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VAISYA — (n.) The third of the four great original castes among the Hindus, now either extinct or partially represented by the …
Английский словарь Webster
VAISYA — ( n. ) The third of the four great original castes among the Hindus, now either extinct or partially represented …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VAISYA — /vuys"yeuh, vuysh"-/ , n. a member of the Hindu mercantile and professional class, above the Shudras and below the Kshatriyas. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VAISYA — see Vaishya
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VAISYA — noun the third of the four great original castes among the hindus, now either extinct or partially represented by the …
Webster English vocab
VAISYA — [Vais.ya] n [Skt vaisya, fr. vis settlement; akin to Gk oikos house--more at vicinity] (1665): a Hindu of an upper …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VAISYA — also spelled Vaishya, Sanskrit Vaisya, third highest in ritual status of the four varnas, or social classes, of Hindu India, …
Britannica English vocabulary
VAISYA — n. 1 the third of the four great Hindu castes, comprising the merchants and agriculturalists. 2 a member of this …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
VAISYA — n. 1 the third of the four great Hindu castes, comprising the merchants and agriculturalists. 2 a member of this …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VAISYA — n.1 the third of the four great Hindu castes, comprising the merchants and agriculturalists. 2 a member of this caste. …
Oxford English vocab
VAISYA — (санскритское) вайшья (каста)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
VAISYA — (санскритское) вайшья (каста)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
VAISYA — n санскр. вайшья ( каста )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
VAISYA — (0) вайшья
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
VAISYA — n санскр. вайшья ( каста )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
VAISYA — n санскр. вайшья ( каста )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
VAISYA — (санскритское) вайшья (каста)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
VAISYA — (санскритское) вайшья (каста)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
VAISHYA — or Vaisya noun see: vicinity Date: 1665 a Hindu of an upper caste traditionally assigned to commercial and agricultural occupations
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VAISHYA — noun see vaisya
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUDRA — noun also shu·dra ˈs(h)üdrə ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Sanskrit śūdra 1. : a member of the fourth …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KSHATRIYA — noun also kshat·tri·ya or ksat·ri·ya (kə)ˈsha.trē(y)ə, (kə)ˈshə.-, ˈksh- sometimes ˈch- ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Sanskrit kṣatriya, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CASTE — ˈkast, -aa(ə)-, -ai-, -ȧ- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: in sense 1, from Spanish casta race, breed, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BRAHMAN — noun or brah·min ˈbrämə̇n, -rȧm-, in sense 2 often or usually -rām- also -ram- ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AMBASHTHA — (ˌ)əmˈbəshtə noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Sanskrit Ambaṣṭha : a member of a caste in India formed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHUDRA — /shooh"dreuh/ , n. a Hindu of the lowest caste, that of the workers. Also, Sudra . Cf. Brahman (def. 1), …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLASS — — classable , adj. — classer , n. /klas, klahs/ , n. 1. a number of persons or things regarded …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VARNA — Sanskrit Varna, any one of the four traditional social classes of Hindu India. Although the literal meaning of the word …
Britannica English vocabulary
SABHA — Hindi and Sanskrit Sabha (assembly), important unit of self-government in Hindu society. It is basically an association of persons who …
Britannica English vocabulary

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