1820–30; < Hindi < Sanskrit paṇḍita
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Pandit Vyaas took his father’s place as the temple’s pandit, or Hindu priest, after he died.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
His father answers furiously in Creole, “You wan’ go a pandit an’ ask ’am to open de book an’ give you answer?”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2021
The other, Manshu, becomes pandit of the local temple.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 2, 2019
One day I was filming four senior pandit teachers demonstrating the different recitation speeds.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 2, 2018
My parents, the priest and the pandit looked incredulous.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Tim told me to call Vikram Pandit, the CEO of Citi, to discuss a merger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
NHS England was not the first organisation to start calling it superflu, but Prof Meghana Pandit, national medical director at NHS England, did label it an "unprecedented wave of super flu".
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025
Pandit also sees a “healthy consolidation within the tech sector,” with investors being “discerning about forward-looking guidance and how much these companies are spending on capex,” even with earnings that have been “pretty spectacular.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2025
“It’s certainly healthy to see some of the steam coming out of more speculative parts of the market,” Meera Pandit, global market strategist at J.P.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2025
For a hundred credits, Pandit thought furiously, but said nothing.
From Think Yourself to Death by Marlowe, Stephen
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