पंडित

Hindi

Alternative forms

• पण्डित (paṇḍit)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *pra-

Sanskrit प्र- (pra-)

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Sanskrit ज्ञा (jñā)

Sanskrit प्रज्ञा (prajñā)?

Sanskrit -इत (-ita)?

Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita)bor.

Hindi पंडित (paṇḍit)

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

Adjective

पंडित • (paṇḍit) (indeclinable)

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

Noun

पंडित • (paṇḍit) m

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

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.