# वेदना
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वेदना (vedanā).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋeːd̪.nɑː/, [ʋeːd̪̚.näː]

### Noun

वेदना • (vednā) f
* suffering, pain, anguish
    Synonym: व्यथा (vyathā)

#### Declension
### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वेदना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वेदना (vedanā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋed̪.na/

### Noun

वेदना • (vedanā) f
* agony, anguish, pain
    Synonyms: व्यथा (vyathā), दुःख (duḥkha)

#### Declension
### References

* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “वेदना”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “वेदना”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

## Nepali
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वेदना (vedanā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bed̪ʌnä]
* Phonetic Devanagari: बेदना

### Noun

वेदना • (vedanā)
* suffering, pain, anguish
    Synonyms: दुःख (duḥkha), पीडा (pīḍā)

### References

* “वेदना”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* vedanā (Latin script)
* 𑀯𑁂𑀤𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* ৰেদনা (Bengali script)
* වෙදනා (Sinhalese script)
* ဝေဒနာ or ဝေၻၼႃ (Burmese script)
* เวทนา or เวทะนา (Thai script)
* ᩅᩮᨴᨶᩣ (Tai Tham script)
* ເວທນາ or ເວທະນາ (Lao script)
* វេទនា (Khmer script)
* 𑅇𑄬𑄘𑄚𑄂 (Chakma script)

### Noun

वेदना f
* Devanagari script form of vedanā

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱেদনা (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬾᬤᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
* বেদনা (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰸𑰟𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑁂𑀤𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* ဝေဒနာ (Burmese script)
* વેદના (Gujarati script)
* ਵੇਦਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑍇𑌦𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦺꦢꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂵𑂠𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ವೇದನಾ (Kannada script)
* វេទនា (Khmer script)
* ເວທນາ (Lao script)
* വേദനാ (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᡝᡩᠠᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘹𑘟𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠧᢑᠠᠨᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧚𑦿𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐾𑐡𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
* ଵେଦନା (Odia script)
* ꢮꢾꢣꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆼𑆢𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖸𑖟𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
* වෙදනා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩔𑩭𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚲𑚛𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
* வேத³நா (Tamil script)
* వేదనా (Telugu script)
* เวทนา (Thai script)
* ཝེ་ད་ནཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒹𑒠𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨄𑨛𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Likely the feminine of a specialized sense of वेदन (vedana, “knowledge, perception, feeling”), from the root विद् (vid).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɐj.dɐ.nɑː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈʋeː.d̪ɐ.n̪ɑː/

### Noun

वेदना • (vedanā) stem, f
* pain, agony

#### Descendants

* Pali: vedanā
** → Thai: เวทนา (wee-tá-naa)
* → Bengali: বেদনা (bedona) (learned)
* → Hindi: वेदना (vednā) (learned)
* → Kannada: ವೇದನೆ (vēdane) (learned)
* → Malayalam: വേദന (vēdana) (learned)
* → Marathi: वेदना (vednā) (learned)
* → Nepali: वेदना (vedanā) (learned)
* → Tamil: வேதனை (vētaṉai) (learned)

### References

* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “वेदना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1016, column 3.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “वेदनम्,_वेदना”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan