विदा (vidaa)
verb/noun
One core idea, 'farewell/departure,' expressed mainly through two set phrases: विदा होना (vidaa honaa, to leave/depart) and विदा करना (vidaa karnaa, to see someone off), plus its use as a standalone noun meaning 'farewell.'
Sense
1
:
to see someone off, bid farewell to
verb, transitive Compound with करना (karnaa); takes a direct object for the person being sent off, e.g. उसे विदा करना (use vidaa karnaa, 'to see him off').
Synonyms: छोड़ने जाना (chhodne jaanaa, 'to go to drop off', narrower -- physical send-off only)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is the verb used at railway platforms and airports across North India for that lingering goodbye -- and centrally, for the moment a bride's family विदा करते हैं (vidaa karte hain, 'see off') the bride to her new home, one of the most emotional scenes in a Hindu wedding.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes reach for छोड़ना (chhodnaa) alone to mean 'see off,' but विदा करना (vidaa karnaa) is the natural set phrase for a farewell send-off at a station, airport, or wedding.
Sample Sentences:
पापा ने बेटी को विदा किया।
The father saw off his daughter.
(paapaa ne betii ko vidaa kiyaa।)
शादी में बेटी को विदा करते समय पूरा घर रो पड़ा।
While seeing the bride off at the wedding, the whole household broke into tears.
(shaadii men betii ko vidaa karte samay pooraa ghar ro padaa।)
हम हर बार भाई को स्टेशन तक छोड़ने जाते हैं और वहीं उसे विदा करते हैं।
Every time we go with my brother to the station and see him off right there.
(ham har baar bhaaii ko steshan tak chhodne jaate hain aur vahiin use vidaa karte hain।)
एयरपोर्ट पर वह अपनी माँ को विदा कर रहा था।
At the airport, he was seeing his mother off.
(eyarport par vah apnii maan ko vidaa kar rahaa thaa।)
बेटी को विदा किया जाएगा तो सबकी आँखें भर आएँगी।
When the bride is seen off, everyone's eyes will well up.
(betii ko vidaa kiyaa jaaegaa to sabkii aankhen bhar aaengii।)
कृपया मेहमानों को गेट तक विदा कीजिए।
Please see the guests off to the gate.
(kripyaa mehmaanon ko get tak vidaa kiijie।)
अगर वह आज ही चला जाता, तो हम उसे ठीक से विदा भी न कर पाते।
If he had left today itself, we wouldn't even have been able to see him off properly.
(agar vah aaj hii chalaa jaataa, to ham use thiik se vidaa bhii n kar paate।)
बारात लौटने के बाद दुल्हन को उसके ससुराल के लिए विदा किया जाता है।
After the wedding procession returns, the bride is seen off to her in-laws' home.
(baaraat lautne ke baad dulhan ko uske sasuraal ke lie vidaa kiyaa jaataa hai।)
काश मैं भी उसे विदा करने आ पाता।
I wish I could have come to see him off too.
(kaash main bhii use vidaa karne aa paataa।)
क्या तुम मुझे स्टेशन पर विदा करने आओगे?
Will you come to see me off at the station?
(kyaa tum mujhe steshan par vidaa karne aaoge?)
उसे विदा करते हुए पिता की आवाज़ भर्रा गई।
As he saw her off, the father's voice choked with emotion.
(use vidaa karte hue pitaa kii aavaaz bharraa gaii।)
Sense
2
:
farewell, leave-taking, departure
noun, feminine
Synonyms: अलविदा (alvidaa, used as an interjection more than a noun), प्रस्थान (prasthaan, formal)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: विदा (vidaa) carries real emotional weight in Hindi -- it's the word used for the tearful send-off of a bride leaving her parental home after the wedding (vidaaii, vidaaii, the noun for that specific ceremony is closely related). Even outside weddings, विदा होना (vidaa honaa) has a slightly wistful, formal flavor compared to a casual 'goodbye.'
Common Mistakes: 1) विदा (vidaa) itself is not used as a parting greeting like 'goodbye' -- for that, learners want अलविदा (alvidaa) or फिर मिलेंगे (phir milenge, 'we'll meet again'). 2) It almost always appears bound to होना (honaa) or करना (karnaa) rather than standing alone as a bare object of another verb.
Sample Sentences:
आज शाम को उसकी विदा है।
This evening is her farewell.
(aaj shaam ko uskii vidaa hai।)
बेटी की विदा का समय आ गया और पूरा घर रो पड़ा।
The time for the daughter's farewell arrived, and the whole house burst into tears.
(betii kii vidaa kaa samay aa gayaa aur pooraa ghar ro padaa।)
शादी में सबसे भावुक पल विदा का ही होता है।
In a wedding, the most emotional moment is always the farewell.
(shaadii men sabse bhaavuk pal vidaa kaa hii hotaa hai।)
अगर उसकी विदा आज होती, तो मैं ज़रूर आता।
If her farewell had been today, I would certainly have come.
(agar uskii vidaa aaj hotii, to main zaroor aataa।)
विदा का दृश्य देखकर सबकी आँखें भर आईं।
Seeing the scene of the farewell, everyone's eyes welled up.
(vidaa kaa drishy dekhkar sabkii aankhen bhar aaiin।)
क्या विदा की रस्म शाम को होगी या रात को?
Will the farewell ritual be held in the evening or at night?
(kyaa vidaa kii rasm shaam ko hogii yaa raat ko?)
उसकी विदा की तैयारियाँ हफ़्तों पहले से चल रही थीं।
Preparations for her farewell had been underway for weeks.
(uskii vidaa kii taiyaariyaan hafton pahle se chal rahii thiin।)
विदा की बेला में माँ ने बेटी को गले लगा लिया।
At the hour of farewell, the mother embraced her daughter.
(vidaa kii belaa men maan ne betii ko gale lagaa liyaa।)
विदा के गीत सुनकर मेहमान भी भावुक हो गए।
Hearing the farewell songs, even the guests became emotional.
(vidaa ke giit sunkar mehmaan bhii bhaavuk ho gae।)
इस बार की विदा में इतना दर्द नहीं था जितना पिछली बार था।
This time's farewell did not carry as much pain as the last one did.
(is baar kii vidaa men itnaa dard nahiin thaa jitnaa pichhlii baar thaa।)
Sense
3
:
to depart, take one's leave (of someone)
verb, intransitive Functions as a compound with होना (honaa): subject + से (se) marking the person taken leave of, e.g. विदा होना (vidaa honaa).
Synonyms: रवाना होना (ravaanaa honaa), चला जाना (chalaa jaanaa)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: This sense pairs with विदा करना (vidaa karnaa) below the way a door has two sides: one person is विदा होना (vidaa honaa, the one leaving), the other is विदा करना (vidaa karnaa, the one seeing them off).
Common Mistakes: 1) The person being left is marked with से (se), not को (ko) -- मैं उससे विदा हुआ (main usse vidaa huaa, 'I took leave of him'), not उसे (use).
Sample Sentences:
बेटी आज ससुराल के लिए विदा हो गई।
The daughter departed for her in-laws' house today.
(betii aaj sasuraal ke lie vidaa ho gaii।)
मैं कल सुबह विदा हो जाऊँगा।
I will depart tomorrow morning.
(main kal subah vidaa ho jaaoongaa।)
वह बिना कुछ कहे विदा हो गया।
He left without saying anything.
(vah binaa kuchh kahe vidaa ho gayaa।)
अगर मुझे पहले पता होता तो मैं आज ही विदा हो जाता।
If I had known earlier, I would have left today itself.
(agar mujhe pahle pataa hotaa to main aaj hii vidaa ho jaataa।)
समारोह खत्म होते ही मेहमान विदा होने लगे।
As soon as the ceremony ended, the guests began to leave.
(samaaroh khatm hote hii mehmaan vidaa hone lage।)
वह हर बार रोते हुए विदा होती है।
She departs crying every time.
(vah har baar rote hue vidaa hotii hai।)
अब मुझे विदा हो जाना चाहिए, बहुत देर हो गई है।
I should leave now, it's gotten very late.
(ab mujhe vidaa ho jaanaa chaahie, bahut der ho gaii hai।)
कृपया अनुमति दें, अब हम विदा हों।
Please give us permission, we shall take our leave now.
(kripyaa anumti den, ab ham vidaa hon।)
जब वह विदा हो रहा था, तो सबकी आँखें भर आईं।
As he was leaving, everyone's eyes welled up.
(jab vah vidaa ho rahaa thaa, to sabkii aankhen bhar aaiin।)
क्या तुम इतनी जल्दी विदा हो रहे हो?
Are you leaving so soon?
(kyaa tum itnii jaldii vidaa ho rahe ho?)
Morphology
Verb
infinitive:
विदा
(vidaa)
infinitive oblique:
विदने
(vidne)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
विदता
(vidtaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
विदते
(vidte)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
विदती
(vidtii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
विदतीं
(vidtiin)
continuous (sg.m):
विद रहा
(vid rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
विद रहे
(vid rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
विद रही
(vid rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
विद रहीं
(vid rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
विदा
(vidaa)
perfective (pl.m):
विदे
(vide)
perfective (sg.f):
विदी
(vidii)
perfective (pl.f):
विदीं
(vidiin)
imperative (informal):
विद
(vid)
imperative (neutral):
विदो
(vido)
imperative (formal):
विदिए
(vidie)
future (1sg.m):
विदूँगा
(vidoongaa)
future (1sg.f):
विदूँगी
(vidoongii)
future (1pl.m):
विदेंगे
(videnge)
future (1pl.f):
विदेंगी
(videngii)
future (2sg.m):
विदेगा
(videgaa)
future (2sg.f):
विदेगी
(videgii)
future (2pl.m):
विदोगे
(vidoge)
future (2pl.f):
विदोगी
(vidogii)
future (3sg.m):
विदेगा
(videgaa)
future (3sg.f):
विदेगी
(videgii)
future (3pl.m):
विदेंगे
(videnge)
future (3pl.f):
विदेंगी
(videngii)
subjunctive (1sg):
विदूँ
(vidoon)
subjunctive (1pl):
विदें
(viden)
subjunctive (2sg):
विदे
(vide)
subjunctive (2pl):
विदो
(vido)
subjunctive (3sg):
विदे
(vide)
subjunctive (3pl):
विदें
(viden)
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
विदा
(vidaa)
(sg.f.oblique):
विदा
(vidaa)
(pl.f.direct):
विदाएँ
(vidaaen)
(pl.f.oblique):
विदाओं
(vidaaon)