Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A Brahman scholar or learned man.
- n. Used as a title of respect for a learned man in India.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as pundit.
Wiktionary
- n. an honorary title in India giving a person status as a learned man or scholar.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Same as pundit.
Etymologies
- Hindi paṇḍit, from Sanskrit paṇḍitaḥ; see pundit. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Pundit actually comes from the Hindi term pandit, which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word pandita, meaning "learned".”
“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.”
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“He planned a screening in June at an Ozone Park temple where his uncle is a pandit, or priest.”
“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.”
“At that time the great pandit Cilu, who mastered all aspects of the Buddhadharma, was born in”
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“This is one Maharashtrian friend who is a soul mate to this Shia pandit.”
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“Famous film actor Anupam Kher on Saturday said that it is high time Kashmiri pandit community should stop back bitting and unite in this hour of need to launch a united fight against the insensitive governments who pay little heed towards resolving issue of return of Kashmiri pandits to their homeland.”
Film actor Anpum Kher insisted Kashmiri Pandits to get united and do some action
“In Sheikhpora, Budgam, 35 pandit families are already living”
20 % KP families keen to return permanently while 60 % in favour of spending summer in Kashmir
“All the Kashmiri pandit migrants who will return to the valley will continue to get the relief for 2 years as per already announced package.”
20 % KP families keen to return permanently while 60 % in favour of spending summer in Kashmir
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a list of words i had to recently look up in the dictionary either for general definition or clarification purposes.
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Tweets
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madmouth though most often in regular language it's panditji. Jun 16, 2009
oroboros See pundit. Aug 2, 2008