विधा

See also: विधि and वधू

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विधा (vidhā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.d̪ʱɑː/, [ʋɪ.d̪ʱäː]

Noun

विधा • (vidhā) f (Urdu spelling ودھا)

1. skill acquired through training
2. labor

Declension

Declension of विधा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	विधा vidhā	विधाएँ vidhāẽ
oblique	विधा vidhā	विधाओं vidhāõ
vocative	विधा vidhā	विधाओ vidhāo

Hypernyms

• कार्य (kārya), काम (kām)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विधा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 922

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিধা (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬥᬵ (Balinese script)
• বিধা (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰠𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀥𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိဓာ (Burmese script)
• વિધા (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਧਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌧𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦣꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂡𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿಧಾ (Kannada script)
• វិធា (Khmer script)
• ວິຘາ (Lao script)
• വിധാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᢡᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘠𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᢑᠾᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑧀𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐢𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଵିଧା (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢤꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆣𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖠𑖯 (Siddham script)
• විධා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩮𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚜𑚭 (Takri script)
• வித⁴ா (Tamil script)
• విధా (Telugu script)
• วิธา (Thai script)
• ཝི་དྷཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒡𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨜𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of वि- (vi-, “apart”) +‎ धा (dhā, “to place”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.dʱɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋi.d̪ʱɑː/

Root

विधा • (vidhā)

1. to distribute, apportion, grant, bestow
2. to furnish, supply, procure
3. to spread, diffuse
4. to put in order, arrange, dispose, prepare, make ready
5. to divide, parcel out
6. to ordain, direct, enjoin, settle, appoint
7. to form, create, build, establish, found
8. to perform, effect, produce, cause, occasion, make, do
9. to make, render
10. to contrive or manage that
11. to put or lay on or in, direct towards
12. to send out, despatch (spies)
13. to take trouble with
14. to treat, deal with
15. to be allotted or intended for
16. to be accounted, pass for

Noun

विधा • (vidhā) stem, f

1. division, part, portion
2. form, manner, kind, sort
3. fodder
4. increase
5. wages, hire
6. pronunciation

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of विधा (vidhā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	विधा vidhā	विधे vidhe	विधाः vidhāḥ
Vocative	विधे vidhe	विधे vidhe	विधाः vidhāḥ
Accusative	विधाम् vidhām	विधे vidhe	विधाः vidhāḥ
Instrumental	विधया / विधा¹ vidhayā / vidhā¹	विधाभ्याम् vidhābhyām	विधाभिः vidhābhiḥ
Dative	विधायै vidhāyai	विधाभ्याम् vidhābhyām	विधाभ्यः vidhābhyaḥ
Ablative	विधायाः / विधायै² vidhāyāḥ / vidhāyai²	विधाभ्याम् vidhābhyām	विधाभ्यः vidhābhyaḥ
Genitive	विधायाः / विधायै² vidhāyāḥ / vidhāyai²	विधयोः vidhayoḥ	विधानाम् vidhānām
Locative	विधायाम् vidhāyām	विधयोः vidhayoḥ	विधासु vidhāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “विधा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 967/2-3.