# veda
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbɛ.ðə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈve.ðə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈve.ða]

### Etymology 1

From vedar +‎ -ada.

#### Noun

veda f (plural vedes)
* prohibition, ban
* closed season (period during which hunting is prohibited)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

veda
* inflection of vedar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “veda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɛda]
* Rhymes: -ɛda
* Hyphenation: ve‧da

### Verb

veda
* present masculine singular transgressive of vést

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈve.da/
* Rhymes: -eda
* Hyphenation: vé‧da

### Verb

veda
* inflection of vedere:
** first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* deva

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowing from English Veda, in turn a borrowing from Sanskrit वेद (veda) and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see", hence figuratively "to know" or "recognize”).

### Noun

veda m (definite singular vedaen, indefinite plural vedaer or vedaar, definite plural vedaene or vedaane)
* (Hinduism) Veda

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀯𑁂𑀤 (Brahmi script)
* वेद (Devanagari script)
* ৰেদ (Bengali script)
* වෙද (Sinhalese script)
* ဝေဒ or ဝေၻ (Burmese script)
* เวท or เวทะ (Thai script)
* ᩅᩮᨴ (Tai Tham script)
* ເວທ or ເວທະ (Lao script)
* វេទ (Khmer script)
* 𑅇𑄬𑄘 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वेद (veda). Cognate with Prakrit वेअ (vea), वेय (veya).

### Noun

veda m
* knowledge

#### Descendants

* → Burmese: ဗေဒ (beda.)

### References

* Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “veda”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
* Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 562.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvɛ.dɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvɛ.dɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈvɛ.da/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvɛ.dɐ/ [ˈvɛ.ðɐ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvɛ.dɐ/ [ˈvɛ.ðɐ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɛ.dɐ/ [ˈbɛ.ðɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɛdɐ
* Hyphenation: ve‧da

### Verb

veda
* inflection of vedar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Scanian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʋèːða]

### Verb

veda (preterite singular visste, supine vedað)
* to know

#### Conjugation
## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *věďa, from *věděti (“to know”), i.e., veda is a literal translation of the Latin scientia (“knowledge”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈveda]

### Noun

veda f (genitive singular vedy, nominative plural vedy, genitive plural vied, declension pattern of žena)
* a system of knowledge of the laws of objective reality derived from a theoretical exploratory activity, science
* 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.

#### Derived terms

* vedec
* vedecký
* vedný

### Further reading

* “veda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbeda/ [ˈbe.ð̞a]
* Rhymes: -eda
* Syllabification: ve‧da

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from vedar (“to prohibit”).

#### Noun

veda f (plural vedas)
* prohibition, ban
* (hunting) closed season
** 2015 September 25, “Rapaces tiroteadas en la media veda”, in El País‎:La media veda es un periodo, que se abre en verano y tiene casi un mes de duración, en el que se permite la caza de ciertas especies, como la paloma torcaz, la tórtola común y la codorniz.The half-closed season is a period which opens in summer and lasts for about a month in which hunting of particular species is permitted, such as the wood pigeon, the common turtledove, and the quail.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

veda
* inflection of vedar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “veda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish وداع, borrowed from Arabic اَلْوَدَاع (al-wadāʕ). Doublet of elveda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /veˈdɑː/

### Noun

veda (definite accusative vedayı, plural vedalar)
* farewell, goodbye

#### Derived terms

* vedalaşmak

#### Related terms

* elveda
* mevduat

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veedäk, from Proto-Uralic *wixe-.

### Verb

veda
* to take, lead
* to drive (vehicle)
* to take away, carry away
* to carry, bring
* to transport
* to export

#### Derived terms

* vei

### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “вводить, вести, вынести, доводить, отвезти, отвести, относить, перевозить, развезти, уводить, увозить, уносить, экспортировать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika