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pundit en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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/poɳ.ɖit̪/ (South-Asia)
/pʌɳ.ɖɪt̪/ (South-Asia)
/pɐɳ.ɖɪt̪/ (South-Asia)
/ˈpʌn.dɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
(US) audio
/pəɳ.ɖɪt̪/ (South-Asia)
/pɐ̃ɳ.ɖɪt̪/ (South-Asia)
/pɔɳ.ɖit̪/ (South-Asia)

Etymology

Etymology tree Sanskrit पण्डा (paṇḍā) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tás Sanskrit -इत (-ita) Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita)bor. Hindi पंडित (paṇḍit)bor. Urdu پَنْڈِٹ (panḍiṭ)bor. English pundit Borrowed from Hindi पंडित (paṇḍit) / Urdu پنڈت (panḍit), from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita, “scholar, learned man, teacher, philosopher”). Doublet of pandit.

Meanings

An expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic.
- This week we introduce Jenny Walker, who will be The Observer's expert pundit for the duration of the World Cup. 2006 June 4, The Observer:
A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar.
- Pundits in black gowns, with spectacles on their noses and undigested wisdom in their insides; bearded headmen of the wards; [...] all these people and more also you might find in the white room. 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘On the City Wall’, In Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 430:
(historical) A native surveyor in British India, trained to carry out clandestine surveillance beyond British borders.
- At every hundredth pace the Pundit would automatically slip one bead. Each complete circuit of the rosary thus represented ten thousand paces. 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 295:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
pandit		alternative	lexicographic
pundits	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

pundette · pundithood · punditic · punditry · punditocracy · punditical · punditeer · punditship

pandit · hafiz · hafez · qari' · influencer

Translations (94)

tr uzman (an expert) · sa विषेशज्ञ (an expert) · ru панди́т (a Hindu scholar) · pt pandita (a Hindu scholar) · hu szakértő (an expert) · hu hangadó (an expert) · ur پنڈت (a Hindu scholar) · es perito (an expert) · hi पण्डित (a Hindu scholar) · pl ekspert (an expert) · de Experte (an expert) · he פַּרְשָׁן (an expert) · pl pandit (a Hindu scholar) · de Pandit (a Hindu scholar) · de Meinungsführer (an expert) · tr âlim (an expert) · fi pandiitti (a Hindu scholar) · hi प॰ (a Hindu scholar) · hu véleményvezér (an expert) · sh pàndit (a Hindu scholar) · te పండితుడు (a Hindu scholar) · hi पंडित (an expert) · hi पण्डित (an expert) · pa ਪੰਡਿਤ (a Hindu scholar) · bg брамин (a Hindu scholar) · de Kommentator (an expert) · bn পণ্ডিত (a Hindu scholar) · hu pandit (a Hindu scholar) · cs vzdělanec (an expert) · ja 博学者 (an expert) · ru специали́ст (an expert) · fr pandit (a Hindu scholar) · ur پنڈت (an expert) · th บัณฑิต (a Hindu scholar) · sh učènjāk (an expert) · sa पण्डित (a Hindu scholar) · hu véleményformáló (an expert) · gu પંડિત (a Hindu scholar) · hi पंडित (a Hindu scholar) · es comentarista (an expert) · hu írástudó (an expert) · km បណ្ឌិត (a Hindu scholar) · pt pândita (a Hindu scholar) · es analista político (an expert) · hu kommentátor (an expert) · lo ປັນດິດ (a Hindu scholar) · es pándit (a Hindu scholar) · hu hindu tudós (a Hindu scholar) · my ပဏ္ဍိတ (a Hindu scholar) · pa ਪੰਡਤ (a Hindu scholar) · it opinionista (an expert) · pt autoridade (an expert) · tr alim (an expert) · ja パンディット (a Hindu scholar) · cs odborník (an expert) · nl opiniemaker (an expert) · pt pandito (a Hindu scholar) · hi विषेशज्ञ (an expert) · cs učenec (an expert) · cmn 權威人士 /权威人士 (an expert) · kn ಪಂಡಿತ (a Hindu scholar) · km អន្ទិត (a Hindu scholar) · ar خَبِير (an expert) · hi प॰ (an expert) · ru экспе́рт (an expert) · pt especialista (an expert) · tr bilgin (an expert) · hu specialista (an expert) · es comentarista experto (an expert) · ru учёный муж (an expert) · pi paṇḍita (a Hindu scholar) · sh znànstvenīk (an expert) · ta பண்டிதன் (a Hindu scholar) · sh strȕčnjāk (an expert) · hu megmondóember (an expert) · ru знато́к (an expert) · mn бандид (a Hindu scholar) · or ପଣ୍ଡିତ (a Hindu scholar) · lo ບັນດິດ (a Hindu scholar) · hu hozzáértő (an expert) · de Kritiker (an expert) · sv förståsigpåare (an expert) · fi asiantuntija (an expert) · hy վերլուծաբան (an expert) · cs znalec (an expert) · de Meinungsmacher (an expert) · gl especialista (an expert) · nl opinieleider (an expert) · mr पंडित (a Hindu scholar) · nl duider (an expert) · ml പണ്ഡിതന് (a Hindu scholar) · fi pundiitti (a Hindu scholar) · cmn 班智達 /班智达 (a Hindu scholar) · pt comentarista (an expert)