# वैद्य
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वैद्य (vaidya), from Vedic Sanskrit वेद (veda).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʋɛːd̪.jᵊ/

### Noun

वैद्य • (vaidya) m (Urdu spelling ویدیہ)
* physician, doctor (Ayurvedic medicine)
    Synonyms: चिकित्सक (cikitsak), डॉक्टर (ḍŏkṭar), (Arabic medicine) हकीम (hakīm)
    यदि आपका स्वास्थ्य सुधर नहीं करता, वैद्य के पास जाना पड़ेगा।yadi āpkā svāsthya sudhar nahī̃ kartā, vaidya ke pās jānā paṛegā.If your health does not improve, you will have to visit a doctor.

#### References

* Platts, John T. (1884) “वैद्य”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वैद्य (vaidya).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋəid̪.jə/

### Noun

वैद्य • (vaidya) m
* physician

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen Date, Molesworth, Tulpule/Feldhaus Vaze (2022) “वैद्य”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Marathi Dictionaries]

## Nepali
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वैद्य (vaidya).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bʌi̯d̪d̪e]
* Phonetic Devanagari: बैद्य

### Noun

वैद्य • (vaidya)
* a doctor in the ayurvedic medical tradition

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱৈদ্য (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬿᬤ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
* বৈদ্য (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰹𑰟𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑁃𑀤𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* ဝဲဒျ (Burmese script)
* વૈદ્ય (Gujarati script)
* ਵੈਦ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑍈𑌦𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦻꦢꦾ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂶𑂠𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ವೈದ್ಯ (Kannada script)
* វៃទ្យ (Khmer script)
* ໄວທ຺ຍ (Lao script)
* വൈദ്യ (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᠠᡳᡩᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘺𑘟𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠧᠧᢑᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧛𑦿𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐿𑐡𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
* ଵୈଦ୍ଯ (Odia script)
* ꢮꣀꢣ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆽𑆢𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖹𑖟𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
* වෛද්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩗𑩭 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚳𑚛𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
* வைத்³ய (Tamil script)
* వైద్య (Telugu script)
* ไวทฺย (Thai script)
* ཝཻ་དྱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒻𑒠𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨇𑨛𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of वेद (véda) with a -य (-ya) extension, from the root विद् (vid).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋɑːjd.jɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋɑjd̪.jɐ/

### Adjective

वैद्य • (vaidya) stem
* versed in science, learned
* relating or belonging to the Vedas, conformable to the Vedas
* medical, medicinal, relating to medicine

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

### Noun

वैद्य • (vaidya) stem, m
* a learned man, Pandit
* follower of the Vedas, well-versed in the Vedas
* an expert
* skilled in the art of healing
* physician, doctor

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* दन्तवैद्य (dantavaidya, “dentist”)
* वैद्यक (vaidyaka, “medicinal”)
* वैद्यकीय (vaidyakīya)
* वैद्यक्रिया (vaidyakriyā, “the business of a physician”)
* वैद्यमानिन् (vaidyamānin, “thinking oneself a physician, pretending to be a physician”)
* वैद्यराज् (vaidyarāj, “king among physicians”)
* वैद्यशास्त्र (vaidyaśāstra, “text-book for physicians, treatise on the preparation of medicines”)
* वैद्यायते (vaidyāyate, “become a physician”)

#### Descendants

* Pali: vejja
* Prakrit: 𑀯𑁂𑀚𑁆𑀚 (vĕjja)
** Assamese: বেজ (bez)
** Middle Bengali: বেজ (beja)
** Odia: ବେଜ (beja), ବେଜୁ (beju), ବେଜୁଡ଼ (bejuṛa), ବେଜୁଡ଼ୁ (bejuṛu), ବେଜି (beji)
** Sindhi: vej̄u
    Arabic script: ويڄُ
    Devanagari script: वेॼु
** Sinhalese: වෙදා (wedā)
Borrowed terms
* → Assamese: বৈদ্য (boiiddo) (learned)
* → Bengali: বৈদ্য (bōiddo) (learned)
* → English: vaidya
* → Hindi: वैद्य (vaidya) (learned)
* → Kannada: ವೈದ್ಯ (vaidya) (learned)
* → Malayalam: വൈദ്യം (vaidyaṁ)
* → Marathi: वैद्य (vaidya) (learned)
* → Nepali: वैद्य (vaidya) (learned)
* → Sinhalese: වෛද්‍ය (waidya) (learned)
* → Tamil: வயித்தியன் (vayittiyaṉ), வைத்தியன் (vaittiyaṉ)
* → Old Javanese: waidya
* → Telugu: వైద్యము (vaidyamu), వైద్యుడు (vaidyuḍu)

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “वैद्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1022, column 3.