पाखंड

Hindi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit पाषण्ड (pāṣaṇḍa, “heresy”). For ṣ > kh, compare बर्खा (barkhā) and the variant पाखण्ड (pākhaṇḍa) in Sanskrit itself.

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pɑː.kʰəɳɖ/, [päː.kʰɐ̃ɳɖ]

Noun

पाखंड • (pākhaṇḍ) f (Urdu spelling پاکھنڈ)

Declension

Declension of पाखंड (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पाखंड pākhaṇḍ	पाखंड pākhaṇḍ
oblique	पाखंड pākhaṇḍ	पाखंडों pākhaṇḍõ
vocative	पाखंड pākhaṇḍ	पाखंडो pākhaṇḍo

Derived terms

पाखंड करना (pākhaṇḍ karnā, “to dissemble”)
पाखंडी (pākhaṇḍī, “hypocrite”)
पाखंडपूर्ण (pākhaṇḍpūrṇ, “hypocritical”)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पाखंड”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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