Panda

See also: panda and pānda

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Panda (plural Pandas)

1. A South Asian surname.

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bengali: পন্ডা (ponḍa)
• Dutch: Panda m or f (rare)
• French: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: पंडा (hi) (paṇḍā)
• Odia: ପଣ୍ଡା (or) (paṇḍā)
• Portuguese: Panda (pt)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can

German

Panda

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpanda]

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Noun

Panda m (strong, genitive Pandas, plural Pandas)

1. panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

   Synonym: Pandabär

Declension

Declension of Panda [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Panda	die	Pandas
genitive	eines	des	Pandas	der	Pandas
dative	einem	dem	Panda	den	Pandas
accusative	einen	den	Panda	die	Pandas

Further reading

• “Panda” in Duden online

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpan.da/, [ˈpän̪d̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpan.da/, [ˈpän̪d̪ä]

Etymology 1

From pandō.

Proper noun

Panda m sg (genitive Pandae); first declension

1. A river of Scythia mentioned by Tacitus

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Panda
Genitive	Pandae
Dative	Pandae
Accusative	Pandam
Ablative	Pandā
Vocative	Panda

Etymology 2

From Proto-Italic *Patnā, from *patnō (“to spread”), from Proto-Indo-European *pt-ne-h₂-ti, a nasal-infix present made from *peth₂-.

Proper noun

Panda f sg (genitive Pandae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) a Roman goddess, whom Festus identifies as the "goddess of the rustics" and Varro relates as the goddess who provides "bread" and therefore "food"; possibly an epithet of Juno

   Synonym: Empanda

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Panda
Genitive	Pandae
Dative	Pandae
Accusative	Pandam
Ablative	Pandā
Vocative	Panda

References

• “Panda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Panda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.