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Webster 1913 Edition


Veda

Ve′da

(vā′dȧor vē′dȧ; 277)
,
Noun.
[Skr.
vēda
, properly, knowledge, from
vid
to know. See
Wit
.]
The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the four collections, called
Rig-Veda
,
Yajur-Veda
,
Sama-Veda
, and
Atharva-Veda
, constituting the most ancient portions of that literature.
☞ The language of the Vedas is usually called
Vedic Sanskrit
, as distinguished from the later and more settled form called
classical Sanskrit
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Veda

VEDA

,
Noun.
vedaw'. The name of the collective body of the Hindoo sacred writings. These are divided into four parts or vedas. the word is sometimes written vedam.

Definition 2024


Veda

Veda

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

English

Proper noun

Veda (plural Vedas)

  1. (Hinduism) 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 usage examples of this term, see Citations:Veda.

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Veda m

  1. (Hinduism) Veda (Sanskrit scriptures)

veda

veda

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

Catalan

Verb

veda

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of vedar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of vedar

Italian

Verb

veda

  1. first-person singular, second-person singular and third-person singular present subjunctive of vedere
  2. third-person singular imperative of vedere

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Portuguese

Verb

veda

  1. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of vedar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of vedar

Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʋèːða]

Verb

veda (preterite singular visste, supine vedað)

  1. to know

Conjugation

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Slovak

Etymology

From the stem ved (know), i.e., veda is a literal translation of the Latin scientia (knowledge)

Noun

veda f

  1. a system of knowledge of the laws of objective reality derived from a theoretical exploratory activity, science
  2. a specific scientific discipline
    historická veda historical science

Usage notes

While in English the word science is often seen as meaning only the hard sciences, such as physics, chemistry, biology, in Slovak the word veda covers all scholarly disciplines, including the various social sciences that are sometimes referred to as arts in English.

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Spanish

Noun

veda f (plural vedas)

  1. prohibition, ban
  2. (hunting) closed season

Verb

veda

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of vedar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of vedar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of vedar.

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic وَدَاع (wadāʿ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /βɛˈdaː/

Noun

veda (definite accusative vedayı, plural vedalar)

  1. farewell, goodbye

Declension


Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veedäk.

Verb

veda

  1. to take, to lead
  2. to drive (vehicle)
  3. to take away, to carry away
  4. to carry, to bring
  5. to transport
  6. to export

Inflection

Inflection
1st infinitive veda
present indic. veb
past indic. vei
present
indicative
past
indicative
imperative
1st singular ven vein
2nd singular ved veid ve
3rd singular veb vei ?
1st plural vem veim vegam
2nd plural vet veit vegat
3rd plural vedas
veba
veiba ?
sing. conneg.1 ve vend ve
plur. conneg. vegoi venugoi vegoi
present
conditional
past
conditional
potential
1st singular veižin venuižin venen
2nd singular veižid venuižid vened
3rd singular veiži venuiži veneb
1st plural veižim venuižim venem
2nd plural veižit venuižit venet
3rd plural veižiba venuižiba veneba
connegative veiži venuiži vene
non-finite forms
1st infinitive veda
2nd infinitive 3rd infinitive
inessive vedes inessive vemas
instructive veden illative vemha
participles elative vemaspäi
present active vei adessive vemal
past active venu abessive vemat
past passive vedud

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