विदा

See also: विदाह

Hindi

Alternative forms

• बिदा (bidā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وداع (vidā', “farewell”), from Arabic وَدَاع (wadāʕ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.d̪ɑː/, [ʋɪ.d̪äː]

Noun

विदा • (vidā) f (Urdu spelling وداع)

1. departure; farewell

   विदा लेना ― vidā lenā ― to depart, take leave

2. (euphemistic) death

Declension

Declension of विदा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विदा vidā	विदाएँ vidāẽ
oblique	विदा vidā	विदाओं vidāõ
vocative	विदा vidā	विदाओ vidāo

Related terms

• अलविदा (alvidā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विदा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিদা (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬤᬵ (Balinese script)
• বিদা (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰟𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀤𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိဒါ (Burmese script)
• વિદા (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਦਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦢꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂠𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿದಾ (Kannada script)
• វិទា (Khmer script)
• ວິທາ (Lao script)
• വിദാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᡩᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘟𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᢑᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑦿𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐡𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଵିଦା (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢣꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆢𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖟𑖯 (Siddham script)
• විදා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩭𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚛𑚭 (Takri script)
• வித³ா (Tamil script)
• విదా (Telugu script)
• วิทา (Thai script)
• ཝི་དཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒠𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨛𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From वि- (vi-) +‎ दा (dā, “to give”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.dɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋi.d̪ɑː/

Root

विदा • (vidā)

1. to give out, distribute, grant
2. to cut up, cut to pieces, bruise, pound
3. to untie, release, deliver from
4. to destroy

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “विदा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 965.