vanaspati (a) mc flora, plant: ~ क्षेत्र plant region; ~ जगत् botanical kingdom; ~ जीवन plant life; पहाड़ से वनस्पतियाँ लाये brought plants from the mountain. (b) vegetable: ~ (घीं) -- oil.

vriddhā a and fc old (woman) = बुढ़िया q. v.

vedī fc altar [ऊँची high, धार्मिक religious]; विवाह की ~ -- for marriage ceremony; ~ का जंगला railing of the --; ~ बनाना/लगाना (सजाना, हटाना) to set up (decorate, remove) an --; ~ को फूलों और मालाओं से सजाया गया the -- was decorated with flowers and wreaths; (fig.) वह विज्ञान की ~ पर बलिदान हो गया he sacrificed himself at the -- of science.

vazīr mc (a) minister: अकबर के ~ Akbar's --s; काश्मीर के एक ~ a -- of Kashmir. [syn मंत्री]. (b) [in chess] queen: ~ की चाल movement by the --; ~ मे शहमात दी the -- gave a checkmate.

vishvasta a reliable: ~ माध्यम -- medium; ~ सूत्रों से ज्ञात हुआ है it has been known from -- sources.

vāk- fu [not used as independent word] speech = वाणी: वाक्छल sophistry, quibbling; वाक्छल करना to quibble; वाक्पटु eloquent; वाग्जाल wordiness; वाकसंयम reserve in speech.

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

vichārak mc thinker [गंभीर profound; महान् great, मुक्‍त free]; भारत के प्रसिद्ध दार्शनिक ~ famous philosophical thinkers of India.

vah·mī a and mc superstitious (person): इन मामलों में वह बहुत ~ आदमी है he is a very -- in such matters; वह बुध को यात्रा नहीं करता, बड़ा ~ है he does not travel on Wednesdays. He is very --.

vidā fu farewell, leave: ~ करना to bid farewell, to see off: हम उसे ~ करने स्टेशन पर गये we went to the station to see him off; ~ लेना to take leave, to bid farewell: मैंने मित्रों से ~ ली और चल पड़ा I took leave of my friends (I bade farewell to my friends) and started off; ~ होना to take leave, to depart: हम कालेज से or उन लोगों से दस बजे ~ हुए we departed from that place या took leave of those people at 10 o'clock.