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)

(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

Related terms

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 (file)
Hyphenation: Ve‧da
Rhymes: -eːdaː

Noun

Veda m (plural Veda's)

Veda

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वेद (veda).

Pronunciation

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

(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)

(Hinduism) Veda (Sanskrit scriptures)

Derived terms

védico

Spanish

Noun

Veda m (plural Vedas)

Veda

Further reading

“Veda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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