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Vaisya
[
vahys
-y
uh
,
vahysh
-
]
Vais·ya
/
ˈvaɪs
yə
,
ˈvaɪʃ-
/
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[
vahys
-y
uh
,
vahysh
-
]
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noun
a member of the Hindu mercantile and professional class, above the Shudras and below the Kshatriyas.
Compare
Brahman
(
def. 1
)
.
Origin:
1785–95;
<
Sanskrit
vaiśya
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Vaisya
(ˈvaɪsjə, ˈvaɪʃjə)
—
n
the third of the four main Hindu castes, the traders
[C18: from Sanskrit, literally: settler, from
viś
settlement]
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