ویس

See also: ويس

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَيْس (ways).

Noun

ویس • (veys)

1. poverty; want; need

Descendants

• Turkish: veys

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ویس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2153b

Persian

Etymology 1

From Old Persian 𐎻𐎰 (viθ-, “house(hold), clan, royal court”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wiːs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wiːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wiːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wiːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wis]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [viːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vis]

Readings
Classical reading?	wīs
Dari reading?	wīs
Iranian reading?	vis
Tajik reading?	vis

Noun

ویس • (vis)

1. clan

Proper noun

ویس • (vis)

1. a female given name, Vis

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic وَيْس (ways).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wajs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäjs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wäjs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wäjs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wäjs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [w.ejs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [väjs]

Readings
Classical reading?	ways
Dari reading?	ways
Iranian reading?	w-eys
Tajik reading?	vays

Noun

ویس • (veys)

1. indigence
2. anything one desires
3. contempt, exclamation of pity, or approbation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “ويس”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1483b

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀲 (vesa), from Sanskrit वेष (vēṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʋeːsᵊ/

Noun

ویس • (ves) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਵੇਸ)

1. guise; disguise
2. garb

Declension

Declension of ویس
dir. sg.	ویس (ves)
dir. pl.	ویس (ves)
	singular	plural
direct	ویس (ves)	ویس (ves)
oblique	ویس (ves)	ویساں (vesāṉ)
vocative	ویسا (vesā)	ویسو (veso)
ablative	ویسوں (vesoṉ)	ویساں (vesāṉ)
locative	ویسے (vese)	ویسِیں (vesīṉ)
instrumental	ویسوں (vesoṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ویس”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਵੇਸ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vēṣa²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 702