Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
vada. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
vada, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
vada in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
vada you have here. The definition of the word
vada will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
vada, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Hindi वड़ा (vaṛā).
Noun
vada (plural vadas)
- A type of savoury doughnut eaten as a snack in south Asia.
2008, Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger, Atlantic, published 2009, page 204:I bought a tea and a potato vada, and sat under a banyan tree to eat.
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sabir vada, ultimately from Italian vedere (“to see”)
Alternative forms
Verb
vada (third-person singular simple present vadas, present participle vadaing, simple past and past participle vada'd)
- (Polari) To look (at), to see
2015 October 12, Adam Lowe, “Poem of the week: Vada That”, in The Guardian:Though she's a bimbo bit of hard, / she’s royal and tart. And girl, you know / vadaing her eek is always bona.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:vada.
Synonyms
References
- ^ Alan D. Corré (2005) “Polari Words from Lingua Franca”, in A Glossary of Lingua Franca, 5th Edition edition
See also
Anagrams
Aragonese
|
A user has added this entry to requests for verification(+)
|
If it cannot be verified that this term meets our attestation criteria, it will be deleted. Feel free to edit this entry as normal, but do not remove {{rfv}} until the request has been resolved.
|
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
vada f (plural vadas)
- strike (work stoppage)
Derived terms
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vada. Analyzable as deverbal from vadit.
Pronunciation
Noun
vada f
- defect
- vada řeči ― speech impediment
- vrozená vada ― birth defect
Declension
Declension of vada (hard feminine)
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- vada in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- vada in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- vada in Internetová jazyková příručka
French
Verb
vada
- third-person singular past historic of vader
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈva.da/
- Rhymes: -ada
- Hyphenation: và‧da
Verb
vada
- inflection of andare:
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
vadā
- second-person singular present active imperative of vadō
Noun
vada
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of vadum
References
- vada in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “vada”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Latvian
Noun
vada m
- genitive singular of vads
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse vaða, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną.
Verb
vada (present tense vader, past tense vadde, past participle vadt/vadd, passive infinitive vadast, present participle vadande, imperative vad)
- (intransitive) to wade
- Om Erik vil koma seg til strendom, må han uansett vada yver åi.
- If Erik want to come to the beaches, he must anyway wade over the creek.
- (intransitive, chiefly about fish) swim at the surface
Usage notes
- Prior to 1938, vada was considered a class 6 strong verb – at which point it was superseded by a weak inflection short form va. Was reintroduced to the official spelling by the 1959 spelling reform.
- This is a split infinitive verb.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
vada n
- definite plural of vad
- definite plural of vad
References
- “vada” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “vada”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
Anagrams
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀯𑀤 (Brahmi script)
- वद (Devanagari script)
- ৰদ (Bengali script)
- වද (Sinhalese script)
- ဝဒ or ဝၻ (Burmese script)
- วท or วะทะ (Thai script)
- ᩅᨴ (Tai Tham script)
- ວທ or ວະທະ (Lao script)
- វទ (Khmer script)
- 𑅇𑄘 (Chakma script)
Verb
vada
- second-person singular imperative active of vadati (“to say”)
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish vaþa, from Old Norse vaða, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ-.
Verb
vada (present vadar, preterite vadade, supine vadat, imperative vada)
- to wade; to walk through (deep) water
- (figuratively) to walk through anything which hampers one's progress
Conjugation
Conjugation of vada (weak)
See also
References
Anagrams