vā conj. (a) or: मनुष्य वा पशु man or animal. [syn. या q. v.] (b) [in Urdu style] and: आदमी वा औरतें men and women.

vārā-nyārā (a) mu settlement: झगड़े का ~ -- of a dispute; ~ करना to settle. (b) mc change of fortune: सट्टे में उसके वारे-न्यारे हो गये he had a change of fortune in speculation.

² vidhi mu creator, Providence = विधाता q. v.

vīry mu (a) semen: ~ डालना insemination; ~ गिरता है -- discharges. (b) valour, heroism = वीरता q. v.

vilāyat mu United Kingdom [originally a 'foreign country']; मेरा भतीजा ~ में है my nephew is in U.K.; यह कपड़ा ~ से आया था this cloth came from U.K.

vadhū fc (a) bride: वर और ~ bridegroom and --; ~ को उपहार दिये गए the -- was given presents; विवाह के समय ~ बहुत प्रसन्‍न थी the -- was very happy at the time of marriage. (b) daughter-in-law; दो पुत्रियाँ और दो वधुएँ two daughters and two daughters-in-law. [syn. बहू]

vitaraṇ I. mu distribution [असमान unequal, अबाध unrestricted, भौगोलिक geographical]; पुस्तकों, शब्दों का ~ -- of books, words; खाद्यान्‍न, धन, जनसंख्या, भूमि का ~ -- of food-grains, wealth, population, land; ~ करना to distribute. II. [attributive] distributing, distributive: ~ केन्द्र distributing station; ~ लागत distributive cost; ~ व्यवस्था distribution system. [syn. बाँट]

vasūl·nā vt to realize, to recover = वसूल करना q. v.

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.

vātānukūl a airconditioned [कमरा room, गाड़ी train, डिब्बा compartment].