Word history

Monier-Williams (1899) records vaidya with the sense “physician”. Vaidya is a word for an expert, especially an expert in healing. Monier-Williams gives physician as its medical sense. The written forms वैद्य and વૈદ્ય show the consonant cluster represented approximately by the Latin spelling Vaidh. The dictionary meaning concerns the title word and is not a professional qualification for an individual.

Sources: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword vaidya, page 1022, column 3, entry L207065

Literal dictionary sense

vaidya: Physician.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword vaidya, page 1022, column 3, entry L207065

Native-script forms

वैद्य · Devanagariવૈદ્ય · Gujarati

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