Veda

See also: veda, vedá, véda, vedà, vedä, and věda

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वेद (veda, “knowledge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveɪdə/
• Rhymes: -eɪdə

Proper noun

Veda (plural Vedas)

1. (Hinduism) Any of a large body of texts originating in Ancient India. They form the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Veda.

Hyponyms

• Rigveda
• Yajurveda
• Samaveda
• Atharvaveda

Related terms

• Vedanga
• Vedic
• Vedic Sanskrit

Translations

Sanskrit scriptures

• Armenian: Վեդա (Veda)
• Bengali: বেদ (bn) (bed)
• Burmese: ဗေဒ (my) (beda.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吠陀 (zh) (fèituó), 韋達經／韦达经 (wéidájīng), 韋陀經／韦陀经 (wéituójīng)

• Finnish: Veda
• French: véda (fr) m
• German: Veda (de) m, Veden (de) m pl
• Greek: βέδες (el) f pl (védes)
• Hindi: वेद (hi) m (ved), बेद (hi) m (bed)
• Hungarian: Véda (hu)
• Indonesian: Weda (id)
• Italian: veda (it) m
• Japanese: ヴェーダ (vēda)
• Khmer: វេទ (km) (veit)
• Korean: 베다 (ko) (beda)
• Lao: ເວທະ (wē tha), ເວດ (wēt)
• Macedonian: веда f (veda)
• Malay: Weda
• Marathi: वेद (mr) m (ved)
• Ottoman Turkish: وید (vid)
• Polish: Weda
• Portuguese: Veda m
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਵੇਦ (ved)

  Shahmukhi: ویْد (ved)

• Russian: Ве́ды f pl (Védy)
• Sanskrit: वेद (sa) m (veda)
• Telugu: వేదము (te) (vēdamu)
• Thai: เวท (th) (wêet)
• Turkish: Veda
• Urdu: وید m (vēd)
• Vietnamese: Vệ-đà, Phệ-đà
• Welsh: Feda m or f

Further reading

• Vedas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Dave, E.D. Va., dave, deva, vade

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वेद (veda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveː.daː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ve‧da
• Rhymes: -eːdaː

Noun

Veda m (plural Veda's)

1. Veda

Derived terms

• Vedanta
• Vedisch

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वेद (veda).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.da/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.dɐ/ [ˈvɛ.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.dɐ/ [ˈvɛ.ðɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.dɐ/ [ˈbɛ.ðɐ]

• Homophone: veda
• Hyphenation: Ve‧da

Proper noun

Veda m (plural Vedas)

1. (Hinduism) Veda (Sanskrit scriptures)

Derived terms

• védico

Spanish

Noun

Veda m (plural Vedas)

1. Veda

Further reading

• “Veda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28