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वेद
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Hindi
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
वेद • (ved) m
Declension
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वेद (veda). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘪𑘹𑘟 (veda).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
वेद • (ved) m
- (Hinduism) Vedas, the foundational texts of Hinduism
- a male given name from Sanskrit
Declension
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “वेद”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Shankar Gopal Tulpule; Anne Feldhaus (1999), “वेद”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
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Pali
Alternative forms
Noun
वेद m
- Devanagari script form of veda (“knowledge”)
Declension
Declension table of "वेद" (masculine)
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ৱেদ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬾᬤ (Balinese script)
- বেদ (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰸𑰟 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑁂𑀤 (Brahmi script)
- ဝေဒ (Burmese script)
- વેદ (Gujarati script)
- ਵੇਦ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑍇𑌦 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦺꦢ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂵𑂠 (Kaithi script)
- ವೇದ (Kannada script)
- វេទ (Khmer script)
- ເວທ (Lao script)
- വേദ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡝᡩᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘹𑘟 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠧᢑᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧚𑦿 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐾𑐡 (Newa script)
- ଵେଦ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢾꢣ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆼𑆢 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖸𑖟 (Siddham script)
- වෙද (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩔𑩭 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚲𑚛 (Takri script)
- வேத³ (Tamil script)
- వేద (Telugu script)
- เวท (Thai script)
- ཝེ་ད (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒹𑒠 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨄𑨛 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From the root विद् (vid), lemma वेत्ति (vetti, “to know, understand”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-.
Noun
वेद • (véda) stem, m
- knowledge, true or sacred knowledge or lore, knowledge of ritual
- Veda
- name of the number "four"
- feeling, perception
- = वृत्त (vṛtta) (v.l. वित्त (vitta))
Declension
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
Descendants
- Pali: veda
- → Burmese: ဗေဒ (beda.)
- → Dutch: Veda
- → English: Veda
- → Hindi: वेद (ved) (learned)
- → Indonesian: Weda (learned)
- → Kannada: ವೇದ (vēda)
- → Khmer: វេទ (veit)
- → Lao: ເວດ (wēt)
- → Malay: Weda (learned)
- → Old Marathi: 𑘪𑘹𑘟 (veda)
- Marathi: वेद (ved)
- → Punjabi:
- → Portuguese: Veda
- → Russian: ве́да (véda), Ве́ды (Védy)
- → Tamil: வேதம் (vētam)
- → Telugu: వేదము (vēdamu)
- → Thai: เวท (wêet)
- → Ukrainian: ве́да (véda)
Etymology 2
From the root विद् (vid, “to find”).
Noun
वेद • (veda) stem, m
- finding, obtaining, acquisition
- सुवेद (su-veda) — easy to be found or obtained
Declension
- ¹Vedic
Etymology 3
From Proto-Indo-European *wóyd-e ~ *wid-ḗr, perfect verb from the root *weyd- (“to see”).
Verb
वेद • (véda) third-singular indicative (type P, perfect, root विद्)
Usage notes
This perfect verb has the meaning of a present.
Conjugation
Etymology 4
Perhaps connected with √वे (√ve, “to weave or bind together”).
Noun
वेद • (vedá) stem, m
- a tuft or bunch of strong grass (कुश (kuśa) or मुञ्ज (muñja)) made into a broom (and used for sweeping, making up the sacrificial fire etc., in rites)
Declension
- ¹Vedic
Etymology 5
Proper noun
वेद • (veda) stem, m
- Name of a pupil of आयोद (āyoda).
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “वेद”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1015.
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