# वेद
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वेद (veda).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋeːd̪/

### Proper noun

वेद • (ved) m
* (Hinduism) the Veda (the holy works of Hinduism)

#### Declension
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* veda (Latin script)
* 𑀯𑁂𑀤 (Brahmi 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)

### Noun

वेद m
* Devanagari script form of veda (“knowledge”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* ৱেদ (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬾᬤ (Balinese script)
* বেদ (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰸𑰟 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑁂𑀤 (Brahmi script)
* ဝေဒ (Burmese script)
* વેદ (Gujarati script)
* ਵੇਦ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑍇𑌦 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦺꦢ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂵𑂠 (Kaithi script)
* ವೇದ (Kannada script)
* វេទ (Khmer script)
* ເວທ (Lao script)
* വേദ (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᡝᡩᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘹𑘟 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠧᢑᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧚𑦿 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐾𑐡 (Newa script)
* ଵେଦ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢾꢣ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆼𑆢 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖸𑖟 (Siddham script)
* වෙද (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩔𑩭 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚲𑚛 (Takri script)
* வேத³ (Tamil script)
* వేద (Telugu script)
* เวท (Thai script)
* ཝེ་ད (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒹𑒠 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨄𑨛 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɐj.dɐ́/
* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɐ́j.dɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋeː.d̪ɐ/

### Etymology 1

From the root विद् (vid), lemma वेत्ति (vetti, “to know, understand”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-.

#### Noun

वेद • (véda) stem, m
* knowledge, true or sacred knowledge or lore, knowledge of ritual
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.19.5:यः स॒मिधा॒ य आहु॑ती॒ यो वेदे॑न द॒दाश॒ मर्तो॑ अ॒ग्नये॑। यो नम॑सा स्वध्व॒रः॥yáḥ samídhā yá ā́hutī yó védena dadā́śa márto agnáye. yó námasā svadhvaráḥ.The mortal who hath ministered to Agni with oblation, fuel, ritual lore, And reverence, skilled in sacrifice.
* Veda
* name of the number "four"
* feeling, perception
* = वृत्त (vṛtta) (v.l. वित्त (vitta))

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic

##### Derived terms

* आयुर्वेद (āyurveda)
* वैद्य (vaidya)
* ऋग्वेद (ṛgveda)
* यजुर्वेद (yajurveda)
* सामवेद (sāmaveda)
* अथर्ववेद (atharvaveda)
* त्रिवेदिन् (trivedin)

##### Descendants

* Pali: veda
** → Burmese: ဗေဒ (beda.)
* → Dutch: Veda
* → English: Veda
* → Hindi: वेद (ved) (learned)
* → Indonesian: Weda (learned)
* → Khmer: វេទ (veit)
* → Lao: ເວດ (wēt)
* → Malay: Weda (learned)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਵੇਦ (ved)
    Shahmukhi script: وید (ved)
* → Portuguese: Veda
* → Russian: ве́да (véda), Ве́ды (Védy)
* → Tamil: வேதம் (vētam)
* → Telugu: వేదము (vēdamu)
* → Thai: เวท (wêet)
* → Ukrainian: ве́да (véda)

### Etymology 2

From the root विद् (vid, “to find”).

#### Noun

वेद • (veda) stem, m
* finding, obtaining, acquisition
    सुवेद (su-veda) — easy to be found or obtained

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-European *wóyd-e ~ *wid-ḗr, perfect verb from the root *weyd- (“to see”).

#### Verb

वेद • (véda) third-singular indicative (type P, perfect, root विद्)
* perfect of विद् (vid): to know

##### Usage notes

This perfect verb has the meaning of a present.

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 4

Perhaps connected with √वे (√ve, “to weave or bind together”).

#### Noun

वेद • (vedá) stem, m
* a tuft or bunch of strong grass (कुश (kuśa) or मुञ्ज (muñja)) made into a broom (and used for sweeping, making up the sacrificial fire etc., in rites)

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Etymology 5
#### Proper noun

वेद • (veda) stem, m
* Name of a pupil of आयोद (āyoda).

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “वेद”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1015.