vaidya
vaidya noun: a practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine.
Noun (1)
vaidya (plural vaidyas)
- A practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine.
- Like the sannyāsī, the religious ascetic, moreover, the vaidya did not adhere rigidly to the stringent rules of ritual purity which regulated the lives of the ordinary members of the higher classes.1976, Charles M Leslie, Asian Medical Systems: A Comparative Study, page 37
- ‘You lie down quietly and I'll run and tell the vaidya that it's nothing but a thorn in your foot.’1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 98
Noun (2) capitalized: Vaidya
Vaidya (plural Vaidyas)
- Alternative form of Baidya.
Proper noun capitalized: Vaidya
Vaidya (plural Vaidyas)
- A surname from Marathi.
Forms of vaidya
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | vaidyas |
| alternative form | baidya |
| plural | Vaidyas |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Vaidyas |
Origin of vaidya
Borrowed from Sanskrit वैद्य (vaidya).
Borrowed from Marathi वैद्य (vaidya, “doctor, physician”). This surname is mostly found in Maharashtra.
Questions about vaidya
- What does vaidya mean?
- Vaidya means a practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine.
- What part of speech is vaidya?
- Vaidya can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of vaidya?
- The plural of vaidya is vaidyas.
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