पाखंड

Hindi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit पाषण्ड (pāṣaṇḍa, “heresy”). For ṣ > kh, compare बर्खा (barkhā) and the variant पाखण्ड (pākhaṇḍa) in Sanskrit itself.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pɑː.kʰəɳɖ/, [päː.kʰɐ̃ɳɖ]

Noun

पाखंड • (pākhaṇḍ) f (Urdu spelling پاکھنڈ)

1. dissimulation, hypocrisy
2. heresy
3. (figurative) villainy

Declension

Declension of पाखंड (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पाखंड pākhaṇḍ	पाखंड pākhaṇḍ
oblique	पाखंड pākhaṇḍ	पाखंडों pākhaṇḍõ
vocative	पाखंड pākhaṇḍ	पाखंडो pākhaṇḍo

Derived terms

• पाखंड करना (pākhaṇḍ karnā, “to dissemble”)
• पाखंडी (pākhaṇḍī, “hypocrite”)
• पाखंडपूर्ण (pākhaṇḍpūrṇ, “hypocritical”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पाखंड”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press