vidāī I. fu farewell: ~ लेना or देना to bid farewell; ~ का दिन -- day; ~ भोज -- party/dinner.

videsh mc foreign country: ~ में in a --; -- की सैर a trip abroad; विदेशों में यात्रा करना to travel in foreign lands; वह ~ चला गया था he has gone abroad. [attributive] foreign, external: ~ नौति -- policy; ~ भत्ता foreign allowance; ~ मंत्रालय ministry of external affairs; ~ सेवा foreign service.

visheṣāṅk mc special number: पत्रिका का ~ -- of the magazine/journal; धर्मयुग के कई ~ निकले several --s of the 'Dharmayug' came out. [syn. ख़ास नंबर]

vilakṣaṇ·tā fc (a) peculiarity: स्वभाव की ~ -- of temperament; रहन-सहन की ~ -- of living. (b) queerness: रीति-रिवाजों की ~ -- of rites and customs.

vārtā fu/c (a) talk: [अनौप चारिक informal, औपचारिक formal, मैत्रीपूर्ण friendly, लंबी long]; रेडियो पर उसकी ~ प्रसारित हुई his -- was broadcast on the radio. (b) talk, negotiations [गुप्त secret, आपसी mutual]; राजदूत स्तर पर ~ -- on ambassadorial level; ~ द्वारा by --; ~ चार घंटे चली -- lasted for four hours; ~ चल गई -- was postponed. (c) tale: लोकवार्ताएँ folktales.

vesh-bhūṣā fu (a) make- up; अभिनेत्री की ~ -- of an actress. (b) dress and appearance: भारतीयों की ~ -- of the Indians.

vāy·dā mc promise = वादा q. v.

vajrapāt mu fall of a thunderbolt, stroke of lightning: मुझ पर मानो ~ हुआ as if a thunderbolt fell down on me. (fig.) astounding calamity.

vār suff. adv -wise: क्रमवार in order; भाषावार language-wise: भाषावार प्रांत linguistic provinces; सिलसिलेवार serially: सब किताबें सिलसिलेवार सजा दो arrange all the books serially.

vidyamān a (a) existant: ऐसी परिस्थियाँ तब ~ न थीं such circumstances were not -- (did not exist) then; यह शर्त अभी ~ है this condition is -- still. (b) present: हमं भी उस बैठक में ~ थे we were also -- in that meeting.