Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Brahman scholar or learned man.
- noun Used as a title of respect for a learned man in India.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
pundit .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
pundit .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun an honorary title in India giving a person status as a learned man or
scholar .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Pundit actually comes from the Hindi term pandit, which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word pandita, meaning "learned".
LearnHub Activities 2008
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Pundit actually comes from the Hindi term pandit, which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word pandita, meaning "learned".
LearnHub Activities 2008
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Pundit actually comes from the Hindi term pandit, which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word pandita, meaning "learned".
LearnHub Activities 2008
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From here the pair walked to a specially designed mandap, a gazebo style structure used in all Indian weddings, and sat on ornate thrones as a Hindu priest, known as a pandit, performed the ceremony.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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From here the pair walked to a specially designed mandap, a gazebo style structure used in all Indian weddings, and sat on ornate thrones as a Hindu priest, known as a pandit, performed the ceremony.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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He planned a screening in June at an Ozone Park temple where his uncle is a pandit, or priest.
Animated Debate Is Curtain-Raiser Sumathi Reddy 2011
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At that time the great pandit Cilu, who mastered all aspects of the Buddhadharma, was born in
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At that time the great pandit Cilu, who mastered all aspects of the Buddhadharma, was born in Orissa, one of the five countries of eastern India.
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At that time the great pandit Cilu, who mastered all aspects of the Buddhadharma, was born in
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At that time the great pandit Cilu, who mastered all aspects of the Buddhadharma, was born in Orissa, one of the five countries of eastern India.
oroboros commented on the word pandit
See pundit.
August 3, 2008
madmouth commented on the word pandit
though most often in regular language it's panditji.
June 16, 2009