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vaidya
(vai¦dya)
Pronunciation:
/vɛːdjə/
(also
vaid
/vɛːd/)
noun
a practitioner of Ayurvedic medicine:
vaids and physicians and surgeons were summoned, but they retired baffled
Origin:
from Hindi
vaidyă
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