Veda

See also: veda, vedá, véda, vedà, vedä, and věda

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Sanskrit वेद॑ (véda)bor.

English Veda

Borrowed from Sanskrit वेद॑ (véda, “knowledge”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈveɪdə/, /ˈveɪðə/

  • Audio (US):

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• (North India) IPA^(key): /ˈved̪(ə)/
• (South India) IPA^(key): /ˈved̪ɑ/
• Rhymes: -eɪdə, -eɪðə

Proper noun

Veda (plural Vedas)

1. (Hinduism) Any of a large body of texts originating in Ancient India. They form the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Veda.
2. A female given name.

Hyponyms

• Rigveda
• Yajurveda
• Samaveda
• Atharvaveda

Related terms

• Vedanga
• Vedic
• Vedic Sanskrit

Translations

Sanskrit scriptures

• Armenian: Վեդա (Veda)
• Bengali: বেদ (bn) (bed)
• Burmese: ဗေဒ (my) (beda.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吠陀 (zh) (fèituó), 韋達經 / 韦达经 (wéidájīng), 韋陀經 / 韦陀经 (wéituójīng)

• Finnish: Veda
• French: véda (fr) m
• German: Veda (de) m, Veden (de) m pl
• Greek: βέδες (el) f pl (védes)
• Hindi: वेद (hi) m (ved), बेद (hi) m (bed)
• Hungarian: Véda (hu)
• Indonesian: Weda (id)
• Italian: veda (it) m
• Japanese: ヴェーダ (ja) (vēda)
• Khmer: វេទ (km) (veit)
• Korean: 베다 (ko) (beda)
• Lao: ເວທະ (wē tha), ເວດ (wēt)
• Macedonian: веда f (veda)
• Malay: Weda
• Marathi: वेद (mr) m (ved)
• Polish: Weda f
• Portuguese: Veda m
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਵੇਦ (ved)

  Shahmukhi: ویْد (ved)

• Russian: Ве́ды f pl (Védy)
• Sanskrit: वेद (sa) m (veda)
• Tamil: வேதம் (ta) (vētam), மறை (ta) (maṟai)
• Telugu: వేదము (te) (vēdamu)
• Thai: เวท (th) (wêet)
• Turkish: Veda (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: وید (vid)

• Urdu: وید m (vēd)
• Vietnamese: Vệ-đà, Phệ-đà
• Welsh: Feda m or f

Further reading

• Vedas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Probably originally a trade name, invented circa 1904.

Alternative forms

• veda

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvidə/

Noun

Veda

1. (usually in the phrase "Veda bread", sometimes uncapitalized) A style of malt loaf bread (sweet, chewy, caramel-colored leavened bread made with malted wheat), traditionally produced across the UK and Ireland but today eaten mainly in Northern Ireland.
   • circa 1914-1918, World War I advertisement, quoted in 2021, Lynda Mugglestone, Writing a War of Words: Andrew Clark and the Search for ..., page 9:

     'Slip a few slices of Veda in that package you're making up for your Boy. In Damp-Proof Packet . . . the ONLY bread that reaches the Trenches fresh and sweet'

   • 1925, Mrs. C. F. Leyel, Olga Hartley, The Gentle Art of Cookery: With 750 Recipes, page 358:

     One of the best and least known mixtures for filling sandwiches is green butter, and it is particularly good between slices of Veda bread.

   • 2005, Martin Lynch, Alan McKee, The History of the Troubles: (Accordin' to My Da), page 35:

     […] Toasted veda! [Normal] What d'fuck did you mention that for? Frig me, I would kill orphaned childer d'get [some].

   • 2016, Colin Bateman, Papercuts:

     'I've heard all about your so-called photograph. It's not my son. And if you even think about printing it, I'll have an injunction on you faster than you can toast Veda. I will sue you […] '

   • 2017, Jim McDowell, The Good Fight: From Bullets to Bylines:

     […] A big fried mushroom between two toasted slices of Veda, with the butter melting and running down to your wrist a right royal feast.

   • 2024 June 23, NealD, ‪@neald.bsky.social‬ on Bluesky:

     Toasted Veda with strawberry jam, one of my favourite snacks

   • 2025 January 7, Lynn Peasley-Campbell, ‪@lynnrhipea.bsky.social‬ on Bluesky:

     I hate waste too, which is my major issue with this scenario, but last nights pasta bake is not winning the fight over toasted Veda and cheese today 😑 still maybe the dog will like some of it over her biscuits as a treat 🤔

Anagrams

• Dave, E.D. Va., dave, deva, vade

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वेद (veda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveː.daː/

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• Hyphenation: Ve‧da
• Rhymes: -eːdaː

Noun

Veda m (plural Veda's, no diminutive)

1. Veda

Derived terms

• Vedanta
• Vedisch

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वेद (veda).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.da/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.dɐ/ [ˈvɛ.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.dɐ/ [ˈvɛ.ðɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.dɐ/ [ˈbɛ.ðɐ]

• Homophone: veda
• Hyphenation: Ve‧da

Proper noun

Veda m (plural Vedas)

1. (Hinduism) Veda (Sanskrit scriptures)

Derived terms

• védico

Spanish

Noun

Veda m (plural Vedas)

1. Veda

Further reading

• “Veda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025