पाखंड
Hindi
editEtymology
editSemi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit पाषण्ड (pāṣaṇḍa, “heresy”). For ṣ > kh, compare बर्खा (barkhā) and the variant पाखण्ड (pākhaṇḍa) in Sanskrit itself.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editपाखंड • (pākhaṇḍ) f (Urdu spelling پاکھنڈ)
Declension
editDeclension 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