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Hindi
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
पण्डा • (paṇḍā) m
- Alternative form of पंडा (paṇḍā, “pundit”)
Declension
Declension of पण्डा (masc ā-stem)
Etymology 2
Noun
पण्डा • (paṇḍā) f
- Alternative form of पंडा (paṇḍā, “wisdom, learning”)
Declension
Declension of पण्डा (fem ā-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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पण्डा
paṇḍā
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पण्डाएँ
paṇḍāẽ
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| oblique
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पण्डा
paṇḍā
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पण्डाओं
paṇḍāõ
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| vocative
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पण्डा
paṇḍā
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पण्डाओ
paṇḍāo
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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *pro- Sanskrit पण्डा (paṇḍā)
Uncertain, but likely a sanskritization of Prakrit 𑀧𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (paṇṇā) (with reversal of dialectal Prakrit ṇḍ > ṇṇ), which is itself from Sanskrit प्रज्ञा (prajñā́, “wisdom, intelligence, knowledge”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
पण्डा • (paṇḍā) stem, f
- wisdom, knowledge
- science, learning
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Hindi: पंडा (paṇḍā) (learned)
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “paṇḍā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “पण्डा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 580, column 3.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पण्डा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan