pundit

pun·dit  (pndt)

n.

1. A source of opinion; a critic: a political pundit.

2. A learned person.

3. Hinduism Variant of pandit.

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[Hindi pait, learned man, from Sanskrit paita, learned, scholar, perhaps of Dravidian origin.]

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pundit·ry n.

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pundit [ˈpʌndɪt]

n

1. an expert

2. (Social Science / Education) (formerly) a learned person

3. (Non-Christian Religions / Hinduism) Also called pandit a Brahman learned in Sanskrit and, esp in Hindu religion, philosophy or law

[from Hindi pandit, from Sanskrit pandita learned man, from pandita learned]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pundit - someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field learned person, savant, initiate polymath - a person of great and varied learning bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

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pundit

noun expert, guru, maestro, buff (informal), boffin (Brit. informal), wonk (informal), fundi (S. African), one of the cognoscenti, (self-appointed) expert or authority a well-known political pundit

Translations

pundit [ˈpʌndɪt] N → experto/a m/f

pundit [ˈpʌndɪt] n → pontem → grand ponte m

pundit

n (lit) → Pandit m; (fig) → Experte m, → Expertin f

pundit [ˈpʌndɪt] n (iro) → esperto/a, sapientone/a