pundit

English

/ˈpʌn.dɪt/

noun
Definitions
  • An expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic.
  • A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar.
  • (historical) A native surveyor in British India, trained to carry out clandestine surveillance beyond British borders.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi पण्डित borrowed from Sanskrit पण्डित (scholar, philosopher, teacher, learned man, learned, pundit, Hindu Brahmin who has memorized a substantial proportion of the Vedas, wise).

Origin

Sanskrit

पण्डित

Gloss

scholar, philosopher, teacher, learned man, learned, pundit, Hindu Brahmin who has memorized a substantial proportion of the Vedas, wise

Concept
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