पाखंडी

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pɑː.kʰəɳ.ɖiː/, [päː.kʰɐ̃ɳ.ɖiː]

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit पाषण्डिन् (pāṣaṇḍin). By surface analysis, पाखंड (pākhaṇḍ) +‎ -ई (-ī, “-er”).

Noun

पाखंडी • (pākhaṇḍī) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling پاکھنڈی)

  1. a hypocrite, impostor, heretic
  2. a villain, two-faced person
Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

Declension of पाखंडी (masc ī-stem)
singular plural
direct पाखंडी
pākhaṇḍī		 पाखंडी
pākhaṇḍī
oblique पाखंडी
pākhaṇḍī		 पाखंडियों
pākhaṇḍiyõ
vocative पाखंडी
pākhaṇḍī		 पाखंडियो
pākhaṇḍiyo
Declension of पाखंडी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct पाखंडी
pākhaṇḍī		 पाखंडियाँ
pākhaṇḍiyā̃
oblique पाखंडी
pākhaṇḍī		 पाखंडियों
pākhaṇḍiyõ
vocative पाखंडी
pākhaṇḍī		 पाखंडियो
pākhaṇḍiyo

Etymology 2

पाखंड (pākhaṇḍ) +‎ -ई (-ī, “-y”).

Adjective

पाखंडी • (pākhaṇḍī) (indeclinable)

  1. dissembling, hypocritical, heretical

References
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