This week’s theme
Words borrowed from Sanskrit

This week’s words
brahmin
avatar
pundit
swami
karma

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PRONUNCIATION:

(PUN-dit)

MEANING:

noun:
1. A learned person.
2. A person who offers commentary or judgments as an expert on a certain topic.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Hindi pandit, from Sanskrit pandita (learned). Earliest documented use: 1661.

USAGE:

“According to a top psychologist, the brain starts working the moment you’re born and never stops until you become a TV football pundit.”
Grant Us Mercy; Daily Record (Glasgow, UK); Oct 22, 2003.

See more usage examples of pundit in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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