# विद्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৱিদ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬯᬶᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
* বিদ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰪𑰰𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀯𑀺𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဝိဒ် (Burmese script)
* વિદ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਵਿਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦮꦶꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂫𑂱𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ವಿದ್ (Kannada script)
* វិទ៑ (Khmer script)
* ວິທ຺ (Lao script)
* വിദ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠸᡳᡩ (Manchu script)
* 𑘪𑘱𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠸᠢᢑ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧊𑧒𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐰𑐶𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଵିଦ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢮꢶꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆮𑆴𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖪𑖰𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
* විද් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩾𑩑𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚦𑚮𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
* வித்³ (Tamil script)
* విద్ (Telugu script)
* วิทฺ (Thai script)
* ཝི་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒫𑒱𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨭𑨁𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wayd-, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”); figuratively "to know". Cognate with Latin videō (“to see”), Ancient Greek οἶδα (oîda, “to know”), Belarusian ве́даць (vjédacʹ, “to know”), Russian ве́дать (védatʹ, “to know”), Old Church Slavonic вѣдѣти (věděti, “to know, see”). Compare also English wit, Bulgarian ви́дя (vídja, “I see”), Russian ви́деть (vídetʹ, “to see”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ʋid/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋid̪/

### Root

विद् • (vid)
* to know
* to find
* to consider as, take for

#### Usage notes

Sometimes separated into two roots, "to know" and "to find". Forms (originally) from the root "to find" are विन्दति (vindáti), अविदत् (ávidat), विवेद (vivéda), वित्त (vittá), वित्त्वा (vittvā́), among others.

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* वेत्ति (vétti, Present)
* विदति (vidáti, Present)
* विन्दति (vindáti, Present)
* वेदति (védati, Present)
* विन्त्ते (vintte, Present)
* वेदिष्यति (vediṣyati, Future)
* वेत्स्यति (vetsyati, Future)
* वेदिता (veditā́, Periphrastic Future)
* वेत्ता (vettā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अवेदीत् (ávedīt, Aorist)
* अविदत् (ávidat, Aorist)
* अवित्सि (ávitsi, Aorist)
* वेद (véda, Perfect)
* विवेद (vivéda, Perfect)
* विदांचकार (vidā́ṃcakāra, Periphrastic Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* विद्यते (vidyáte, Passive)
* अवेदि (ávedi, Passive Aorist)
* वेदयति (vedáyati, Causative)
* अवीविदत् (ávīvidat, Causative Aorist)
* वेद्यते (vedyate, Passive of Causative)
* विवित्सति (vivitsati, Desiderative)
* विविदिषति (vividiṣati, Desiderative)
* वेविद्यते (vevidyate, Intensive)
* वेवेत्ति (vevetti, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* विदित (viditá, Past Participle)
* वित्त (vittá, Past Participle)
* विन्न (vinná, Past Participle)
* वेत्तुम् (vettum, Infinitive)
* वेत्तवे (vettave, Infinitive)
* वेत्तवै (vettavai, Infinitive)
* वेत्तोस् (vettos, Infinitive)
* विदे (vide, Infinitive)
* विदित्वा (viditvā́, Gerund)
* वित्त्वा (vittvā́, Gerund)
* विद्य (vídya, Gerund)
* वेद्य (védya, Gerundive)
* वेदनीय (vedanī́ya, Gerundive)
* वेदितव्य (veditavyà, Gerundive)
* विवित्सु (vivitsu, Desiderative Participle)
* विविदिषु (vividiṣu, Desiderative Participle)
* विवेदयिषु (vivedayiṣu, Desiderative Participle of Causative)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* विद् (víd)
* विद (vida)
* वेद (véda)
* वेदक (vedaka)
* वेदन (vedana)
* वेदस् (védas)
* वेदि (vedi)
* वेदिन् (vedin)
* वेद्या (vedyā́)
* विदु (vidu)
* वित्ति (vitti)
* वेत्तृ (vettṛ)
* वेदितृ (véditṛ)
* विदथ (vidátha)
* विद्या (vidyā́)
* विद्मन् (vidmán)
* विदुर (vidura)
* विद्वस् (vidvas)
* विद्वल (vidvalá)
* विवित्सा (vivitsā)
* विविदिषा (vividiṣā)
* वेदयितृ (vedayitṛ)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अनुविद् (anuvid)
* निर्विद् (nirvid)
* परिविद् (parivid)
* प्रविद् (pravid)
* संविद् (saṃvid)

#### Descendants
### Adjective

विद् • (vid) stem (comparative वित्तर, superlative वित्तम)
* (at the end of a compound) knowing, understanding, a knower
* (at the end of a compound) finding, acquiring, procuring

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic

### Noun

विद् • (vid) stem, m
* (astronomy) Mercury

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Noun

विद् • (vid) stem, f
* knowledge, understanding

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “विद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 963/2, 964/3.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 159
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 554; 579-81