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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "vada"}}
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈvɑːdə/}}

===Etymology 1===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|hi|वड़ा}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A type of [[savoury]] [[doughnut]] eaten as a snack in south Asia.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2008|author=Aravind Adiga|title=The White Tiger|publisher=Atlantic|year_published=2009|page=204
|passage=I bought a tea and a potato '''''vada''''', and sat under a banyan tree to eat.}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|Asian doughnut}}
* Caribbean Hindustani: {{t|hns|bára}} {{qualifier|Sarnami}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|bara|m}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|વડા|m}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|वड़ा|m}}, {{t+|hi|बड़ा|m}}
* Kannada: {{t+|kn|ವಡೆ}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|wade}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|വട}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|वडा|m}}
* Odia: {{t+|or|ବରା}}
* Punjabi: {{t|pa|ਵੜਾ}}
* Sranan Tongo: {{t|srn|bara}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|வடை}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|వడ}}
* Tulu: {{t|tcy|ವಡೆ}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|وڑا|m|tr=vaṛā}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|pml|vada}}, ultimately from {{der|en|it|vedere||to see}}<ref>{{cite-web|author=Alan D. Corré|url=http://minds.wisconsin.edu/bitstream/item/3920/edition3/polari.3.html|title=Polari Words from Lingua Franca|work=A Glossary of Lingua Franca|edition=5th|year=2005}}</ref>

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|en|varder}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb|3=vada'd}}

# {{lb|en|Polari}} To [[look at|look]] (at), to [[see]]
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1851|year_published=1861
|author=w:Henry Mayhew
|title=w:London Labour and the London Poor
|chapter=Our Street Folk|section=Strolling Actors
|url=https://archive.org/details/londonlabourlond03mayh
|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/londonlabourlond03mayh/page/139/mode/2up
|volume=3|page=139
|passage={{...}}"The [[mummer]]s have got a slang of their own, which parties connected with the perfession{{sic}} generally use. {{...}} <br>"<nowiki>'</nowiki>'''Vada''' the [[glaze]]' is—Look at the window.{{...}}"
}}
#* {{quote-av|en|year=1967
|episode=Gaslight Son of Flicker|title=w:Round the Horne
|writers=w:Barry Took; w:Marty Feldman
|actor=w:Kenneth Williams|role=Sandy
|passage=You may have '''vada'd''' one of our tiny [[bijou]] masterpiecettes, [[heartface]].
}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2015-10-12|author=Adam Lowe
|title=Poem of the week: '''Vada''' That
|newspaper=The Guardian
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2015/oct/12/poem-of-the-week-vada-that-by-adam-lowe
|passage=Though she's a [[bimbo]] bit of hard, / she’s royal and [[tart]]. And girl, you know / '''vadaing''' her [[eek]] is always [[bona]].
}}
#* {{seemoreCites|en|vada}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{seeSynonyms|en|look}}

====References====
<references/>

===See also===
* {{l|en|batata vada}}
* {{l|en|vada pav}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aadv|Dava}}

{{C|en|Snacks|Foods}}

==Aragonese==
{{rfv|an}}
===Etymology===
{{rfe|an}}

===Noun===
{{an-noun/new|f}}

# [[strike]] {{qualifier|work stoppage}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ast|vada cheneral}}

==Czech==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|cs|sla-pro|*vada}}.  Analyzable as {{deverbal|cs|vadit|nocap=1}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{cs-noun|f}}

# [[defect]]
#: {{coi|cs|[[vada]] [[řeč|řeči]]|speech '''impediment'''}}
#: {{coi|cs|[[vrozený|vrozená]] [[vada]]|birth '''defect'''}}

====Declension====
{{cs-ndecl|f}}

====Related terms====
{{col-auto|cs|bezvadný|vadný|závada}}

====See also====
* {{l|cs|kaz}}
* {{l|cs|nedostatek}}
* {{l|cs|defekt}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cs:PSJC}}
* {{R:cs:SSJC}}
* {{R:cs:IJP}}

==French==

===Verb===
{{head|fr|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|fr|vader||3|s|phis}}

==Italian==

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|vàda}}

===Verb===
{{head|it|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|it|andare||1//2//3|s|pres|subj|;|3|s|impr}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=aadv|dava}}

==Latin==

===Verb===
{{head|la|verb form|head=vadā}}

# {{inflection of|la|vadō||2|s|pres|actv|impr}}

===Noun===
{{head|la|noun form}}

# {{inflection of|la|vadum||nom//acc//voc|p}}

===References===
* {{R:du Cange}}
* {{R:Smith's Geography}}

==Latvian==

===Noun===
{{head|lv|noun form|g=m}}

# {{infl of|lv|vads||gen|s}}

==Lithuanian==

===Etymology===
Deverbal formation from the [[o-grade]] of {{m|lt|vèsti|t=to lead}}.<ref>{{R:lt:SEJL|vadà|709}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
{{rfp|lt}}

===Noun===
{{lt-noun|f|vãdos|4|sg=vadà}}

# [[animals]] from a [[litter]]; [[offspring]]
# [[leadership]]
# [[excuse]], [[pretext]]

====Declension====
{{lt-noun-f-a-4|vad|vãd}}

===References===
<references />

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|nn|va}}
* {{alt|nn|vade||e-infinitive}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nn|/vaː(d)a/|/vada/}}

===Etymology 1===
{{root|nn|ine-pro|*weh₂dʰ-}}
From {{inh|nn|non|vaða}}, from {{inh|nn|gem-pro|*wadaną}}.

====Verb====
{{nn-verb-3}}

# {{lb|nn|intransitive}} to [[wade]]
#* Om Erik vil koma seg til strendom, må han uansett '''vada''' yver åi.
#*: If Erik want to come to the beaches, he must anyway '''wade''' over the creek.
# {{lb|nn|intransitive|chiefly|about fish}} [[swim]] at the [[surface]]

=====Usage notes=====
* Prior to [[WT:Norwegian Nynorsk spelling reforms#1938|1938]], ''vada'' was considered a [[:Category:Norwegian Nynorsk class 6 strong verbs|class 6 strong verb]] – at which point it was superseded by a weak inflection short form {{m|nn|va}}. Was reintroduced to the official spelling by the [[WT:Norwegian Nynorsk spelling reforms#1959|1959 spelling reform]].
* This is a split infinitive verb.

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Noun====
{{head|nn|noun form|g=n}}

# {{infl of|nn|vad||def|p}}
# {{infl of|nn|vad||def|p}}

===References===
* {{R:ND}}
* {{R:NO}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|nn|dava}}

{{cln|nn|class 6 strong verbs|pre-1938 forms}}

==Pali==

===Alternative forms===
{{pi-alt}}

===Verb===
{{head|pi|verb}}

# {{inflection of|pi|vadati||2|s|imp|act|t=to say}}

==Swedish==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|vaþa}}, from {{inh|sv|non|vaða}}, from {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*wadaną}}. Ultimately from {{der|sv|ine-pro|*weh₂dʰ-}}.

===Verb===
{{sv-verb-reg}}

# to [[wade]]; to walk through (deep) water
# {{lb|sv|figuratively}} to walk through anything which hampers one's progress

====Conjugation====
{{sv-conj-wk|nop=1|nopp=1}}

====See also====
* {{l|sv|vadare}}
* {{l|sv|vadarfågel}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saob}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|sv|a=aadv|avad}}