पांडव

See also: पाडवा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• पाण्डव (pāṇḍav)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit पाण्डव (pāṇḍava).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) 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, 2025.

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पाण्डव (pāṇḍava). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘢𑘰𑘽𑘚𑘪 (pāṇḍava).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɳ.ɖəʋ/
• Hyphenation: पां‧डव
• Rhymes: -əʋ

Proper noun

पांडव • (pāṇḍav) m

1. a Pandava (any son of King Pandu)
2. Pandavas, the five sons of King Pandu, often depicted as the primary protagonists in the Mahabharata

Declension

Declension of पांडव (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	पांडव pāṇḍav
direct plural	पांडव pāṇḍav
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	पांडव pāṇḍav		पांडव pāṇḍav
oblique सामान्यरूप	पांडवा pāṇḍvā		पांडवां- pāṇḍvān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	पांडवाला pāṇḍvālā		पांडवांना pāṇḍvānnā
ergative	पांडवाने, पांडवानं pāṇḍvāne, pāṇḍvāna		पांडवांनी pāṇḍvānnī
instrumental	पांडवाशी pāṇḍvāśī		पांडवांशी pāṇḍvānśī
locative सप्तमी	पांडवात pāṇḍvāt		पांडवांत pāṇḍvāt
vocative संबोधन	पांडवा pāṇḍvā		पांडवांनो pāṇḍvānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of पांडव (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	पांडवाचा pāṇḍvāċā	पांडवाचे pāṇḍvāċe	पांडवाची pāṇḍvācī	पांडवाच्या pāṇḍvācā	पांडवाचे, पांडवाचं pāṇḍvāċe, pāṇḍvāċa	पांडवाची pāṇḍvācī	पांडवाच्या pāṇḍvācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	पांडवांचा pāṇḍvānċā	पांडवांचे pāṇḍvānċe	पांडवांची pāṇḍvāñcī	पांडवांच्या pāṇḍvāncā	पांडवांचे, पांडवांचं pāṇḍvānċe, pāṇḍvānċa	पांडवांची pāṇḍvāñcī	पांडवांच्या pāṇḍvāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पांडव”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press