पण्डित paṇḍit

पंडित paṇḍita pānḍit (nm) a Bra:hmāṉ (by caste); a scholar, learned person; one well-versed in scriptures and performance of religious rites; -मंडली/सभा an assembly of scholars; a learned assembly; ~राज a pre-eminent scholar, king of scholars; ~वादी a pedant, pedagogue.

S پنڐت पण्डित panḍit, vulg. panḍat, adj. & s.m. Learned, wise; shrewd, skilful, clever, educated; — scholar, learned or wise man, learned Brāhmaṇ; teacher, master, professor, doctor, philosopher, Pandit; a title of respect to Hindūs who are learned in the Brahmanical theology: — panḍit-mānī, s.m. One who esteems himself a scholar, an ignorant pedant.