# विद्या
## Hindi
### Etymology

From Sanskrit विद्या (vidyā), from the root verb विद् (vid, “to know, understand”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see; to know”).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋɪd̪.jɑː/, [ʋɪd̪.jäː]

### Noun

विद्या • (vidyā) f (Urdu spelling وديا)
* learning
    विद्या का ज़ोर को उपेक्षा मत करना।vidyā kā zor ko upekṣā mat karnā.Do not underestimate the power of learning.
    कुपात्र को विद्या न दें।kupātra ko vidyā na dẽ.Do not give knowledge to an undeserving person.
* discipline, branch of learning
    विश्‍वविद्यालय में विद्याओं का प्रसार बहुत महत्त्वपूर्ण है।viś‍vavidyālay mẽ vidyāõ kā prasār bahut mahattvapūrṇ hai.The expansion of disciplines in the university is very important.

#### Derived terms

* विद्याकर्म (vidyākarm, “the study of science”)
* विद्यादेवी (vidyādevī, “Sarasvati, the goddess of learning”)
* विद्यापीठ (vidyāpīṭh, “a centre of learning”)
* विद्याव्यवसाय (vidyāvyavsāy, “pursuit of knowledge”)
* विद्याहीन (vidyāhīn, “illiterate, stupid”)

#### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “विद्या”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “विद्या”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* ৱিদ্যা (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬶᬤ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
* বিদ্যা (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰰𑰟𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* ဝိဒျာ (Burmese script)
* વિદ્યા (Gujarati script)
* ਵਿਦ੍ਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦶꦢꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂱𑂠𑂹𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ವಿದ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
* វិទ្យា (Khmer script)
* ວິທ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
* വിദ്യാ (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᡳᡩᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘱𑘟𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠢᢑᠶ᠎ᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧒𑦿𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐶𑐡𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
* ଵିଦ୍ଯା (Odia script)
* ꢮꢶꢣ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆴𑆢𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖰𑖟𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
* විද්‍යා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩑𑩭 𑪙𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚮𑚛𑚶𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
* வித்³யா (Tamil script)
* విద్యా (Telugu script)
* วิทฺยา (Thai script)
* ཝི་དྱཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒱𑒠𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨁𑨛𑩇𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root विद् (√vid, “to know, understand”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see; to know”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋid.jɑ́ː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈʋid̪.jɑː/

### Noun

विद्या • (vidyā́) stem, f
* knowledge, wisdom
* science, philosophy
* an academic discipline
* scholarship

#### Derived terms

* विद्याधर (vidyādhara)
* विद्यालय (vidyālaya)
* अविद्य (avidya)

#### Descendants

* Bengali: বিদ্যা (bidda)
* Hindi: विद्या (vidyā)
* → Old Javanese: widyā
** > Javanese: ꦮꦶꦢꦾ (widya) (inherited)
* Pali: vijjā
    → Thai: วิชา (wí-chaa)
    → Lao: ວິຊາ (wi sā)
    → Khmer: វិជ្ជា (vityie)
* → Punjabi: ਵਿੱਦਿਆ (viddiā) (learned)
* Telugu: విద్య (vidya)
* → Thai: วิทยา (wíttáyaa)
* → Lao: ວິທະຍາ (wi tha nyā)
* → Khmer: វិទ្យា (vityie)
* → Eastern Cham: ꨝꨪꨖꨪ
* → Malay: widya (learned)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “विद्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 963/3.

### Further reading

* Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “vidyā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.