पाखंड
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit पाषण्ड (pāṣaṇḍa, “heresy”). For ṣ > kh, compare बर्खा (barkhā) and the variant पाखण्ड (pākhaṇḍa) in Sanskrit itself.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
पाखंड • (pākhaṇḍ) f (Urdu spelling پاکھنڈ)
Declension edit
Declension of पाखंड (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms edit
- पाखंड करना (pākhaṇḍ karnā, “to dissemble”)
- पाखंडी (pākhaṇḍī, “hypocrite”)
- पाखंडपूर्ण (pākhaṇḍpūrṇ, “hypocritical”)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पाखंड”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press