विदा करना (vidaa karnaa)

verb A compound verb meaning 'to bid farewell, to see someone off' -- built from the noun विदा (vidaa, 'farewell/leave-taking') plus करना (karnaa, 'to do'). One core sense, used for both everyday goodbyes and emotionally weighted departures like a bride leaving her parents' home.
Sense 1 : to bid farewell, to see someone off
verb, transitive Takes the person being seen off as a direct object, e.g. उसे विदा किया (use vidaa kiyaa, 'saw him/her off'). Often used with स्टेशन (steshan) or एयरपोर्ट (eyarport) plus पर (par) to mark the place of departure.
Synonyms: अलविदा कहना (alvidaa kahnaa), रुख़सत करना (rukhsat karnaa, formal/literary), छोड़ने जाना (chhodne jaanaa, 'to go to drop off')
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This phrase is inseparable from the emotional high point of a Hindu wedding, the विदाई (vidaaii) ceremony, where the bride's family विदा करता है (vidaa kartaa hai) her to her new home -- it's a moment of open weeping even in otherwise joyous weddings. Outside weddings, it's simply the everyday verb for seeing a guest, friend, or traveler off at a station or door, said with a warm, unhurried politeness that Delhi families extend to any guest leaving the house.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes confuse this with छोड़ना (chhodnaa, 'to leave/drop'); विदा करना (vidaa karnaa) specifically frames the act from the perspective of the person staying behind and bidding the traveler goodbye, not the traveler's own act of leaving. 2) In the wedding context, विदा करना (vidaa karnaa) is used for the bride's parents 'sending her off' -- learners unfamiliar with the custom may not realize this is the default image the word evokes for many native speakers.
Sample Sentences:
बेटी की शादी में पूरा परिवार रोते हुए उसे विदा करता है। At the daughter's wedding, the whole family bids her farewell while weeping.
(betii kii shaadii men pooraa parivaar rote hue use vidaa kartaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
कल रात हमने स्टेशन पर अपने मेहमानों को विदा किया। Last night we saw our guests off at the station.
(kal raat hamne steshan par apne mehmaanon ko vidaa kiyaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
मैं उसे दरवाज़े तक विदा करने गया। I went to see him off up to the door.
(main use darvaaze tak vidaa karne gayaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
बिटिया, कल तुझे विदा किया जाएगा, तैयार रहना। My dear, tomorrow you will be bid farewell, so be ready.
(bitiyaa, kal tujhe vidaa kiyaa jaaegaa, taiyaar rahnaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Passive
जब वह विदा हो रही थी, तब सारा घर रो रहा था। When she was being sent off, the whole house was crying.
(jab vah vidaa ho rahii thii, tab saaraa ghar ro rahaa thaa।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
अगर वह इतनी दूर न जाती, तो हम उसे इतने भारी मन से विदा न करते। If she weren't going so far away, we wouldn't bid her farewell with such a heavy heart.
(agar vah itnii door n jaatii, to ham use itne bhaarii man se vidaa n karte।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
कृपया मेहमान को विदा करने से पहले उन्हें मिठाई दे दीजिए। Please give the guest some sweets before seeing them off.
(kripyaa mehmaan ko vidaa karne se pahle unhen mithaaii de diijie।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
उसे यूँ ही जाने दो, दरवाज़े तक जाकर विदा कर दो। Just let him go, go to the door and see him off.
(use yoon hii jaane do, darvaaze tak jaakar vidaa kar do।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
मुझे उम्मीद है कि हम उसे हवाई अड्डे पर अच्छे से विदा कर पाएँगे। I hope that we will be able to see her off properly at the airport.
(mujhe ummiid hai ki ham use havaaii adde par achchhe se vidaa kar paaenge।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
विदाई की रस्म में बेटी को हमेशा भारी मन से विदा किया जाता है। In the vidaai ceremony, the daughter is always sent off with a heavy heart.
(vidaaii kii rasm men betii ko hameshaa bhaarii man se vidaa kiyaa jaataa hai।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
काश हम उसे और ठीक से विदा कर पाते। I wish we could have seen him off more properly.
(kaash ham use aur thiik se vidaa kar paate।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Verb (irregular)
infinitive: विदा करना (vidaa karnaa)
infinitive oblique: विदा करने (vidaa karne)
habitual/simple (sg.m): विदा करता (vidaa kartaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m): विदा करते (vidaa karte)
habitual/simple (sg.f): विदा करती (vidaa kartii)
habitual/simple (pl.f): विदा करतीं (vidaa kartiin)
continuous (sg.m): विदा कर रहा (vidaa kar rahaa)
continuous (pl.m): विदा कर रहे (vidaa kar rahe)
continuous (sg.f): विदा कर रही (vidaa kar rahii)
continuous (pl.f): विदा कर रहीं (vidaa kar rahiin)
perfective (sg.m): विदा किया (vidaa kiyaa)
perfective (pl.m): विदा किए (vidaa kie)
perfective (sg.f): विदा की (vidaa kii)
perfective (pl.f): विदा कीं (vidaa kiin)
imperative (informal): विदा कर (vidaa kar)
imperative (neutral): विदा करो (vidaa karo)
imperative (formal): विदा कीजिए (vidaa kiijie)
future (1sg.m): विदा करूँगा (vidaa karoongaa)
future (1sg.f): विदा करूँगी (vidaa karoongii)
future (1pl.m): विदा करेंगे (vidaa karenge)
future (1pl.f): विदा करेंगी (vidaa karengii)
future (2sg.m): विदा करेगा (vidaa karegaa)
future (2sg.f): विदा करेगी (vidaa karegii)
future (2pl.m): विदा करोगे (vidaa karoge)
future (2pl.f): विदा करोगी (vidaa karogii)
future (3sg.m): विदा करेगा (vidaa karegaa)
future (3sg.f): विदा करेगी (vidaa karegii)
future (3pl.m): विदा करेंगे (vidaa karenge)
future (3pl.f): विदा करेंगी (vidaa karengii)
subjunctive (1sg): विदा करूँ (vidaa karoon)
subjunctive (1pl): विदा करें (vidaa karen)
subjunctive (2sg): विदा करे (vidaa kare)
subjunctive (2pl): विदा करो (vidaa karo)
subjunctive (3sg): विदा करे (vidaa kare)
subjunctive (3pl): विदा करें (vidaa karen)