Editing Vedda (section)

== Etymology ==
Ethnonyms of Vedda include ''Vadda'', ''Veddah'', ''Veddha'' and ''Vaddo''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/places/asia/sri-lankan-political-geography/vedda|title=Vedda facts, information, pictures {{!}} Encyclopedia.com articles about Vedda|website=www.encyclopedia.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-18}}</ref> "Vedda" is a word that stems from the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] word ''Vēdan'' meaning "hunter",<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|url={{GBurl|id=AtdjAAAAMAAJ|q=vedda+etymology+hunter+tamil}}|title=Knox's Words: A Study of the Words of Sri Lankan Origin Or Association First Used in English Literature by Robert Knox and Recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary|last=Boyle|first=Richard|date=2004|publisher=Visidunu Prakashakayo|location=Boralesgamuwa, Sri Lanka|isbn=955-9170-67-8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://agarathi.com/word/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D|title=வேடன் {{!}} அகராதி {{!}} Tamil Dictionary|website=agarathi.com|publisher=University of Madras Lexicon|access-date=2017-09-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=T|last1=Burrow|first2=M. B.|last2=Emenau|website=A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary|edition=2|title=Search for headword: vēṭṭam, vēṭṭai|year=1984 |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/burrow_query.py?qs=vēṭṭam,%20vēṭṭai&searchhws=yes}}</ref> or from [[Sanskrit]] ''vyādha'' ("hunter") or ''veddhṛ'' ("the one who pierces").<ref>{{cite book|first=Wilhelm|last=Geiger|title=An Etymological Glossary of the Sinhalese Language|location=Colombo|year=1941}}</ref>