veda

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Etymology 1

From vedar +‎ -ada.

Noun

veda f (plural vedes)

1. prohibition, ban
2. closed season (period during which hunting is prohibited)

Etymology 2

Verb

veda

1. inflection of vedar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ɛda
• Hyphenation: ve‧da

Verb

veda

1. present masculine singular transgressive of vést

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈve.da/
• Rhymes: -eda
• Hyphenation: vé‧da

Verb

veda

1. inflection of vedere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. 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)

1. (Hinduism) Veda

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

veda m

1. knowledge

Declension

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

• Hyphenation: ve‧da

Verb

veda

1. inflection of vedar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Scanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

veda (preterite singular visste, supine vedað)

1. 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^(key):

Noun

veda f (genitive singular vedy, nominative plural vedy, genitive plural vied, declension pattern of žena)

1. a system of knowledge of the laws of objective reality derived from a theoretical exploratory activity, science
2. 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.

Declension

Derived terms

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, 2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeda/
• Rhymes: -eda
• Syllabification: ve‧da

Etymology 1

Deverbal from vedar (“to prohibit”).

Noun

veda f (plural vedas)

1. prohibition, ban
2. (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

1. inflection of vedar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “veda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veˈdɑː/

Noun

veda (definite accusative vedayı, plural vedalar)

1. farewell, goodbye

Declension

Derived terms

• vedalaşmak

Related terms

• elveda
• mevduat

Veps

Etymology

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

Verb

veda

1. to take, lead
2. to drive (vehicle)
3. to take away, carry away
4. to carry, bring
5. to transport
6. to export

Inflection

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