पंडित

• पण्डित (paṇḍit)

Borrowed from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍitá). Doublet of पाँडे (pā̃ḍe)

पंडित • (paṇḍit) (indeclinable)

1. learned, wise
2. shrewd, clever
3. skillful in, conversant with

पंडित • (paṇḍit) m (Urdu spelling پنڈت)

1. scholar, learned man, teacher, philosopher, pandit
2. (music) an honorific title given to Hindu musicians in Hindustani classical music

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पंडित”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “पंडित”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.