Hindi

Proper noun

वेद • ‎(ved) m

1. (Hinduism) the Veda (holy works of Hinduism)

Declension

Sanskrit

Etymology 1

From class-1 dhatu √vid, lemma वेत्ति ‎(vetti, “to know, understand”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *weyd-.

Noun

वेद • ‎(véda) m

1. knowledge, true or sacred knowledge or lore, knowledge of ritual
   • RV 8.19.5b

     यः समिधा य आहुती यो वेदेन ददाश मर्तो अग्नये ।
     यो नमसा सवध्वरः ॥‎

     yaḥ samidhā ya āhutī yo vedena dadāśa marto aghnaye ।
     yo namasā svadhvaraḥ ।।

     The mortal who hath ministered to Agni with oblation, fuel, ritual lore,
     And reverence, skilled in sacrifice.

2. Veda
3. Name of the number "four"
4. feeling, perception
5. = वृत्त ‎(vṛtta) (v.l. वित्त ‎(vitta))

Declension

Etymology 2

From the root √vid.

Noun

वेद • ‎(veda) m

1. finding, obtaining, acquisition

   सुवेद ‎(su-veda) — easy to be found or obtained

Declension

Etymology 3

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

Noun

वेद • ‎(vedá) m

1. 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

Etymology 4

Proper noun

वेद • ‎(Veda) m

1. Name of a pupil of आयोद ‎(āyoda).

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1015