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Vedda

Vedda noun: one of an indigenous people of Sri Lanka.

Noun

Vedda (plural Veddas)

  1. One of an indigenous people of Sri Lanka.

Proper noun

Vedda

  1. The language of the Veddas.

Vedda meaning in Tamil

Vedda in Tamil

வேடர், இலங்கைப் பழங்குடி வகையினர்

Forms of Vedda

pluralVeddas
alternative formBeda
alternative formVeddah
alternative formWedda
alternative formWeddah

Origin of Vedda

From Sinhalese වැද්දා (wæddā, “hunter”), from Sanskrit वेति (veti, “hunt”), q.v.

Words formed from Vedda

Questions about Vedda

What does Vedda mean?
Vedda means one of an indigenous people of Sri Lanka.
What is Vedda in Tamil?
Vedda in Tamil is வேடர், இலங்கைப் பழங்குடி வகையினர். See Vedda meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Vedda?
Vedda can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Vedda?
The plural of Vedda is Veddas.

Words near Vedda in the dictionary

  1. Vedantism
  2. Vedantist
  3. Vedantists
  4. vedaprofen
  5. Vedas
  6. Vedda
  7. Veddah
  8. Veddahs
  9. Veddas
  10. vedder
  11. Vedderesque

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Vedda (page history and authors); vedda (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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