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vada

/ˈvɑːdə/

vada noun: a type of savoury doughnut eaten as a snack in south Asia.

Noun

vada (plural vadas)

  1. A type of savoury doughnut eaten as a snack in south Asia.
    • I bought a tea and a potato vada, and sat under a banyan tree to eat.2008, Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger, Atlantic, published 2009, page 204

Verb

vada (third-person singular simple present vadas, present participle vadaing, simple past and past participle vadaed or vada'd)

  1. (Polari) To look (at), to see.
    • […]"The mummers have got a slang of their own, which parties connected with the perfession^([sic – meaning profession]) generally use. […]
      "'Vada the glaze' is—Look at the window.[…]"1851, Henry Mayhew, “Our Street Folk”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 3, published 1861, Strolling Actors, page 139
    • You may have vada'd one of our tiny bijou masterpiecettes, heartface.1967, Barry Took, Marty Feldman, “Gaslight Son of Flicker”, in Round the Horne, spoken by Sandy (Kenneth Williams)
    Synonyms:
    look

Proper noun capitalized: Vada

Vada

  1. A female given name.

vada meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

vada in Hindi

Asian doughnut
वड़ा vaṛā, बड़ा baṛā

vada in Tamil

Asian doughnut
வடை vaṭai

vada in Marathi

Asian doughnut
वडा vaḍā

vada in Urdu

Asian doughnut
وڑا vaṛā
More languagesFewer languages
vada in Telugu
వడ vaḍa
vada in Malayalam
വട vaṭa
vada in Kannada
ವಡೆ vaḍe
vada in Punjabi
ਵੜਾ vaṛā
vada in Gujarati
વડા vaḍā
vada in Odia
ବରା barā
vada in Malay
wade

Synonyms of vada

Forms of vada

Noun
pluralvadas
Verb
third-person singular presentvadas
present participlevadaing
past participlevadaed
pastvadaed
past participlevada'd
pastvada'd
alternative formvarder

Origin of vada

Borrowed from Hindi वड़ा (vaṛā).

Borrowed from Sabir vada, ultimately from Italian vedere (“to see”)

Phrases with vada

Questions about vada

What does vada mean?
Vada means a type of savoury doughnut eaten as a snack in south Asia.
What is vada in Hindi?
Vada in Hindi is वड़ा (vaṛā), बड़ा (baṛā). See Vada meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is vada?
Vada can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce vada?
Vada is pronounced /ˈvɑːdə/.
What is the plural of vada?
The plural of vada is vadas.

Words near vada in the dictionary

  1. vacuums
  2. vacuums up
  3. vacuä
  4. vacuüm
  5. Vad
  6. vada
  7. vada pav
  8. vada pavs
  9. vada'd
  10. vadadustat
  11. Vadagar

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