Veda

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Sanskrit वेद॑ (véda, “knowledge”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈveɪdə/, /ˈveɪðə/ (North India) IPA(key): /ˈved̪(ə)/ (South India) IPA(key): /ˈved̪ɑ/ Rhymes: -eɪdə, -eɪðə ==== Proper noun ==== Veda (plural Vedas) (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. A female given name. ===== Hyponyms ===== Rigveda Yajurveda Samaveda Atharvaveda ===== Related terms ===== Vedanga Vedic Vedic Sanskrit ===== Translations ===== ==== 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 (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]. 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/ Hyphenation: Ve‧da Rhymes: -eːdaː === Noun === Veda m (plural Veda's, no diminutive) Veda ==== Derived terms ==== Vedanta Vedisch == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वेद (veda). === Pronunciation === Homophone: veda Hyphenation: Ve‧da === Proper noun === Veda m (plural Vedas) (Hinduism) Veda (Sanskrit scriptures) ==== Derived terms ==== védico == Spanish == === Noun === Veda m (plural Vedas) 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