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vessī

fem nom sg of vessī (noun); fem nom pl of vessī (noun); fem acc pl of vessī (noun); fem voc sg of vessī (noun); …

1. woman of the third caste of merchants and agriculturalists
2. belonging to the merchant class

Etymology. vessa + ī; Sanskrit vaiśyā

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

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