पंडित

Hindi

Alternative forms

• पण्डित (paṇḍit)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit पण्डा (paṇḍā)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tás

Sanskrit -इत (-ita)

Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita)bor.

Hindi पंडित

Borrowed from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍitá). Doublet of पाँडे (pā̃ḍe)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /pəɳ.ɖɪt̪/, [pɐ̃ɳ.ɖɪt̪]

Adjective

पंडित • (paṇḍit) (indeclinable)

1. learned, wise
2. shrewd, clever
3. skillful in, conversant with

Noun

पंडित • (paṇḍit) m (Urdu spelling پنڈت)

1. scholar, learned man, teacher, philosopher, pandit
2. (music) an honorific title given to Hindu musicians in Hindustani classical music

Declension

Declension of पंडित (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पंडित paṇḍit	पंडित paṇḍit
oblique	पंडित paṇḍit	पंडितों paṇḍitõ
vocative	पंडित paṇḍit	पंडितो paṇḍito

Descendants

• → Mauritian Creole: panndit

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “पंडित”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “पंडित”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.