"pundit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpʌn.dɪt/ [UK, US], /ˈpan.dɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-pundit.ogg [US], en-au-pundit.ogg [Australia] Forms: pundits [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌndɪt Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi पंडित (paṇḍit) / Urdu پنڈت (panḍit), from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita, “scholar, learned man, teacher, philosopher”). Doublet of pandit. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hi|पंडित}} Hindi पंडित (paṇḍit), {{bor|en|ur|پنڈت|tr=panḍit}} Urdu پنڈت (panḍit), {{bor|en|sa|पण्डित||scholar, learned man, teacher, philosopher}} Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita, “scholar, learned man, teacher, philosopher”), {{dbt|en|pandit}} Doublet of pandit Head templates: {{en-noun}} pundit (plural pundits)
  1. An expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic. Translations (an expert): خَبِير (ḵabīr) [masculine] (Arabic), վերլուծաբան (verlucaban) (Armenian), 權威人士 (Chinese Mandarin), 权威人士 (quánwēi rénshì) (Chinese Mandarin), odborník [masculine] (Czech), znalec [masculine] (Czech), opinieleider (Dutch), opiniemaker [masculine] (Dutch), duider [masculine] (Dutch), asiantuntija (Finnish), especialista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Experte [masculine] (German), Kommentator [masculine] (German), Meinungsführer [also, especially, masculine] [politics, government] (German), Meinungsmacher [masculine] (German), Kritiker [also, especially, masculine] [media, arts] (German), पण्डित (paṇḍit) [masculine] (Hindi), szakértő (Hungarian), hozzáértő (Hungarian), specialista (Hungarian), kommentátor (Hungarian), megmondóember (Hungarian), véleményvezér (Hungarian), véleményformáló (Hungarian), hangadó (Hungarian), opinionista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 博学者 (hakugakusha) (alt: はくがくしゃ) (Japanese), autoridade [feminine] (Portuguese), especialista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), знато́к (znatók) [masculine] (Russian), экспе́рт (ekspért) [masculine] (Russian), специали́ст (specialíst) [masculine] (Russian), учёный муж (učónyj muž) [masculine] (Russian), strȕčnjāk [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), comentarista experto [masculine] (Spanish), förståsigpåare [common-gender] (Swedish), bilgin (Turkish), uzman (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pundit-en-noun-tNivcBIi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 35 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 36 40 Disambiguation of 'an expert': 62 30 7
  2. A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar. Categories (topical): Hinduism Translations (a Hindu scholar): পণ্ডিত (ponḍito) (Bengali), брамин (bramin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ပဏ္ဍိတ (pandi.ta.) (Burmese), 班智達 (Chinese Mandarin), 班智达 (bānzhìdá) (Chinese Mandarin), pundiitti (Finnish), pandiitti (Finnish), pandit [masculine] (French), Pandit [masculine] (German), પંડિત (paṇḍit) [masculine] (Gujarati), पण्डित (paṇḍit) [masculine] (Hindi), प॰ (pa.) [abbreviation] (Hindi), pandit (Hungarian), hindu tudós (Hungarian), パンディット (panditto) (Japanese), ಪಂಡಿತ (paṇḍita) (Kannada), បណ្ឌិត (bɑndɨt) (Khmer), អន្ទិត (ʼɑɑʼɑntɨt) (Khmer), ບັນດິດ (ban dit) (Lao), ປັນດິດ (pan dit) (Lao), പണ്ഡിതന് (paṇḍitanŭ) (Malayalam), पंडित (paṇḍit) [masculine] (Marathi), бандид (bandid) (Mongolian), paṇḍita [masculine] (Pali), pandita [masculine] (Portuguese), pandito [masculine] (Portuguese), pândita [masculine] (Portuguese), панди́т (pandít) [masculine] (Russian), पण्डित (paṇḍita) [masculine] (Sanskrit), pàndit [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pandito [masculine] (Spanish), pandit (Spanish), பண்டிதன் (paṇṭitaṉ) (Tamil), పండితుడు (paṇḍituḍu) (Telugu), บัณฑิต (ban-dìt) (Thai), پنڈت (panḍit) [masculine] (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-pundit-en-noun-Y-HYrr82 Disambiguation of Hinduism: 6 53 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 35 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 36 40 Disambiguation of 'a Hindu scholar': 6 86 8
  3. (historical) A native surveyor in British India, trained to carry out clandestine surveillance beyond British borders. Tags: historical Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-pundit-en-noun-O0~YkBIi Disambiguation of People: 19 24 56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 35 35 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 36 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pandit Derived forms: pundithood, punditocracy, punditry, punditship Related terms: hafiz, hafez, influencer, pandit, qari' (alt: qari)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "an expert",
          "word": "véleményvezér"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "véleményformáló"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "an expert",
          "word": "hangadó"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "an expert",
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          "alt": "はくがくしゃ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hakugakusha",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "an expert",
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          "word": "autoridade"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "znatók",
          "sense": "an expert",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "знато́к"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ekspért",
          "sense": "an expert",
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          "word": "экспе́рт"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "specialíst",
          "sense": "an expert",
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          "word": "специали́ст"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "učónyj muž",
          "sense": "an expert",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "учёный муж"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "an expert",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "strȕčnjāk"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "an expert",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "comentarista experto"
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          "sense": "an expert",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "an expert",
          "word": "bilgin"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "an expert",
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          "ref": "1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘On the City Wall’, In Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 430",
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
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          "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
          "word": "পণ্ডিত"
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          "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
          "word": "ပဏ္ဍိတ"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
          "word": "班智達"
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          "roman": "bānzhìdá",
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          "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
          "word": "pundiitti"
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          "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
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          "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
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          "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
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          "code": "gu",
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          "roman": "paṇḍit",
          "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "પંડિત"
        },
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          "code": "hi",
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          "roman": "paṇḍit",
          "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
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        },
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          "code": "hi",
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          "roman": "pa.",
          "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "प॰"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
          "word": "pandit"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 86 8",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
          "word": "hindu tudós"
        },
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "panditto",
          "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
          "word": "パンディット"
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          "roman": "paṇḍita",
          "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
          "word": "ಪಂಡಿತ"
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      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "paṇḍit",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "પંડિત"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "paṇḍit",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पण्डित"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pa.",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "प॰"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "pandit"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "hindu tudós"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "panditto",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "パンディット"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "paṇḍita",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "ಪಂಡಿತ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "bɑndɨt",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "បណ្ឌិត"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼɑɑʼɑntɨt",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "អន្ទិត"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ban dit",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "ບັນດິດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pan dit",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "ປັນດິດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "paṇḍitanŭ",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "പണ്ഡിതന്"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "paṇḍit",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पंडित"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "bandid",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "бандид"
    },
    {
      "code": "pi",
      "lang": "Pali",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paṇḍita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pandita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pandito"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pândita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pandít",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "панди́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "paṇḍita",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पण्डित"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pàndit"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pandito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "pandit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "paṇṭitaṉ",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "பண்டிதன்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "paṇḍituḍu",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "పండితుడు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ban-dìt",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "บัณฑิต"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "panḍit",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "پنڈت"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pundit"
}

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