vaṇṇadāsī in Pali

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Etymology: Tatpuruṣa compound of vaṇṇa (“beauty”) + dāsī (“slavess”), literally “slavess of beauty”. Etymology templates: {{com|pi|vaṇṇa|dāsī|lit=slavess of beauty|t1=beauty|t2=slavess|type=tp}} Tatpuruṣa compound of vaṇṇa (“beauty”) + dāsī (“slavess”), literally “slavess of beauty” Head templates: {{pi-noun|f}} vaṇṇadāsī f Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|g=f}} Forms: feminine [table-tags], vaṇṇadāsī [nominative, singular], vaṇṇadāsiyo [nominative, plural], vaṇṇadāsī [nominative, plural], vaṇṇadāsiṃ [accusative, singular], vaṇṇadāsiyaṃ [accusative, singular], vaṇṇadāsiyo [accusative, plural], vaṇṇadāsī [accusative, plural], vaṇṇadāsiyā [instrumental, singular], vaṇṇadāsīhi [instrumental, plural], vaṇṇadāsībhi [instrumental, plural], vaṇṇadāsiyā [dative, singular], vaṇṇadāsīnaṃ [dative, plural], vaṇṇadāsiyā [ablative, singular], vaṇṇadāsīhi [ablative, plural], vaṇṇadāsībhi [ablative, plural], vaṇṇadāsiyā [genitive, singular], vaṇṇadāsīnaṃ [genitive, plural], vaṇṇadāsiyā [locative, singular], vaṇṇadāsiyaṃ [locative, singular], vaṇṇadāsīsu [locative, plural], vaṇṇadāsi [singular, vocative], vaṇṇadāsiyo [plural, vocative], vaṇṇadāsī [plural, vocative]

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      ]
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      "form": "vaṇṇadāsi",
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          "name": "Prostitution",
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        }
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        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vaṇṇadāsī"
}

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        "plural"
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      "form": "vaṇṇadāsiyā",
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      "form": "vaṇṇadāsīnaṃ",
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      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "locative",
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      ]
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      "form": "vaṇṇadāsiyaṃ",
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        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural"
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        "vocative"
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    },
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      "form": "vaṇṇadāsī",
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        "Pali nouns in Latin script",
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        "pi:Prostitution",
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          "woman",
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          "word": "vesiyā"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vaṇṇadāsī"
}

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"vaṇṇadāsī" meaning in Pali

Noun