Old Awadhi

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वैद्य (vaidya).

Noun

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बैद्य (baidya)

  1. physician, doctor
    • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Saṅkaṭmocan Hanumān Aṣṭak :
      लै गृह बैद्य सुषेन समेत
      lai gṛha baidya suṣena sameta