पांडव

See also: पाडवा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• पाण्डव (pāṇḍav)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit पाण्डव (pāṇḍava).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pɑːɳ.ɖəʋ/, [pä̃ːɳ.ɖɐʋ]

Proper noun

पांडव • (pāṇḍav) m (Urdu spelling پانڈو) (Hinduism)

1. a Pandava

   अर्जुन भी एक पांडव था। ― arjun bhī ek pāṇḍav thā. ― Arjuna was also a Pāṇḍava.

   पांडवों को तेरह वर्ष का वन-वास मिला।

   pāṇḍavõ ko terah varṣ kā van-vās milā.

   The Pāṇḍavas were exiled for thirteen years.

Declension

Declension of पांडव (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पांडव pāṇḍav	पांडव pāṇḍav
oblique	पांडव pāṇḍav	पांडवों pāṇḍavõ
vocative	पांडव pāṇḍav	पांडवो pāṇḍavo

Related terms

• पांडु (pāṇḍu)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पांडव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 617
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “पांडव”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2916
• Platts, John T. (1884) “पाण्डव”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 220
• “[1]”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.