visaya

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀯𑀺𑀲𑀬 (Brahmi script)
  • विसय (Devanagari script)
  • ৰিসয (Bengali script)
  • විසය (Sinhalese script)
  • ဝိသယ (Burmese script)
  • วิสย or วิสะยะ (Thai script)
  • ᩅᩥᩈᨿ (Tai Tham script)
  • ວິສຍ or ວິສະຍະ or ວິສະຢະ (Lao script)
  • វិសយ (Khmer script)
  • 𑅇𑄨𑄥𑄠 (Chakma script)

Etymology

vi (“spread about”) +‎ sī (“lie”) +‎ a. Contrast with meaning of the parallel Sanskrit formation विशय (viśaya).[1]

Noun

visaya m[2]

  1. locality, region, sphere, object

Declension
Declension table of "visaya" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)visayovisayā
Accusative (second)visayaṃvisaye
Instrumental (third)visayenavisayehi or visayebhi
Dative (fourth)visayassa or visayāya or visayatthaṃvisayānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)visayasmā or visayamhā or visayāvisayehi or visayebhi
Genitive (sixth)visayassavisayānaṃ
Locative (seventh)visayasmiṃ or visayamhi or visayevisayesu
Vocative (calling)visayavisayā

Descendants
  • → Khmer: វិស័យ (visay)
  • → Lao: ວິໄສ (wi sai)
  • → Thai: วิสัย (wí-sǎi)

References
  1. Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “visaya”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
  2. Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 584.
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