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vesiyāsu

vesiyā

fem loc pl of vesiyā (noun)

1. prostitute; sex worker

Etymology. √vis > ves + *iya + ā; from √vis 'enter'; Sanskrit veśyā [viś]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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