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): /ʋi.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

	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 (vidhayā) विधा¹ (vidhā¹)	विधाभ्याम् (vidhābhyām)	विधाभिः (vidhābhiḥ)
dative	विधायै (vidhāyai)	विधाभ्याम् (vidhābhyām)	विधाभ्यः (vidhābhyaḥ)
ablative	विधायाः (vidhāyāḥ) विधायै² (vidhāyai²)	विधाभ्याम् (vidhābhyām)	विधाभ्यः (vidhābhyaḥ)
genitive	विधायाः (vidhāyāḥ) विधायै² (vidhāyai²)	विधयोः (vidhayoḥ)	विधानाम् (vidhānām)
locative	विधायाम् (vidhāyām)	विधयोः (vidhayoḥ)	विधासु (vidhāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

References

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