पंडा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pəɳ.ɖɑː/, [pɐ̃ɳ.ɖäː]

Noun

पंडा • (paṇḍā) m (Urdu spelling پنڈا)

1. a Brahman superintending as a hereditary function a place of pilgrimage
2. a Brahman cook

Declension

Declension of पंडा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पंडा paṇḍā	पंडे paṇḍe
oblique	पंडे paṇḍe	पंडों paṇḍõ
vocative	पंडे paṇḍe	पंडो paṇḍo

References

• Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “पंडा”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]