पाखंडी

Hindi

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɑː.kʰəɳ.ɖiː/, [päː.kʰɐ̃ɳ.ɖiː]

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit पाषण्डिन् (pāṣaṇḍin). By surface analysis, पाखंड (pākhaṇḍ) +‎ -ई (-ī, “-er”).

Noun

पाखंडी • (pākhaṇḍī) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling پاکھنڈی)

a hypocrite, impostor, heretic
a villain, two-faced person

Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

Declension of *पाखंडी* (masc ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	पाखंडी pākhaṇḍī	पाखंडी pākhaṇḍī
oblique	पाखंडी pākhaṇḍī	पाखंडियों pākhaṇḍiyõ
vocative	पाखंडी pākhaṇḍī	पाखंडियो pākhaṇḍiyo

Declension of *पाखंडी* (fem ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	पाखंडी pākhaṇḍī	पाखंडियाँ pākhaṇḍiyā̃
oblique	पाखंडी pākhaṇḍī	पाखंडियों pākhaṇḍiyõ
vocative	पाखंडी pākhaṇḍī	पाखंडियो pākhaṇḍiyo

Etymology 2

पाखंड (pākhaṇḍ) +‎ -ई (-ī, “-y”).

Adjective

पाखंडी • (pākhaṇḍī) (indeclinable)

dissembling, hypocritical, heretical

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पाखंडी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press