veśá m. (√ 1. viś) ‘a settler’, small farmer, tenant, neighbour, dependent, vassal, [RV.]; [Kāṭh.] (once in [VS.] véśa)
entrance, ingress, [W.]
a tent (see vastra-v°)
a house, dwelling (cf. veśavāṭa), [L.]
prostitution or a house of ill fame, brothel, [Mn.]; [Daś.]; [Kathās.]
the behaviour of a courtezan, [Kathās.]
trade, business (to explain vaiśya), [L.]
the son of a Vaiśya and an Ugrī, [L.]
often w.r. for veṣa. [For cognate words See under √ 1. viś.]