विद्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬯᬶᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • ৱিদ্ (Assamese script)
  • বিদ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰪𑰰𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀯𑀺𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • વિદ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਵਿਦੑ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦮꦶꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • វិទ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ವಿದ್ (Kannada script)
  • ວິທ຺ (Lao script)
  • വിദ് (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘪𑘱𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠸᠢᢑ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠸᡳᡩ (Manchu script)
  • ဝိဒ် (Burmese script)
  • 𑧊𑧒𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐰𑐶𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଵିଦ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢮꢶꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆮𑆴𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖪𑖰𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • විද් (Sinhalese script)
  • విద్ (Telugu script)
  • วิทฺ (Thai script)
  • ཝི་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒫𑒱𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wayd-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wayd-, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”); figuratively "to know". Cognate with Latin videō (“to see”), Ancient Greek οἶδα (oîda, “to know”), Belarusian ве́даць (vjédacʹ, “to know”), Russian ве́дать (védatʹ, “to know”), Old Church Slavonic вѣдѣти (věděti, “to know, see”). Compare also English wit, Bulgarian ви́дя (vídja, “I see”), Russian ви́деть (vídetʹ, “to see”).

Pronunciation

Root

विद् • (vid)

  1. to know, find

Derived terms
  • अविद्या (ávidyā, “unlearnedness, ignorance, lack of knowledge”)
  • विदति (vidati, 6 P)
  • विदते (vidate, 6 Ā)
  • विद्या (vidyā́, “knowledge, science, scholarship”)
  • विन्दति (vindáti, “to find, meet, know”, 6 P)
  • विन्दते (vindate, 6 Ā)
  • विवित्सति (vivitsati, desiderative)
  • विविदिषति (vividiṣati, desiderative)
  • वेत्ति (vétti, “to know”, 2 P)
  • वेद (veda, “finding, obtaining, acquisition”)
  • वेद (véda, “knowledge”)
  • वेदति (vedati, 1 P)
  • वेदते (vedate, 1 Ā)
  • वेदयते (vedayate, causative)
  • वेदि (védi, “knowledge, science”)
  • वेविद्यते (vevidyate, intensive)
  • वेवेत्ति (vevetti, intensive)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899), “विद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 963/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 159
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 554; 579-81
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