panda
A brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular ghat or temple,…A brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular ghat or temple, and is regarded as knowledgeable in matters of genealogy and ritual.
» Have you ever seen a panda?
Hast du schon einmal einen Panda gesehen?
Hast du jemals einen Panda gesehen?
Ты когда-нибудь видел панду?
Вы когда-нибудь видели панду?
Ти колись бачив панду?
Meaning
2 senses(Hinduism)A brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular ghat or temple, and is regarded as knowledgeable in matters of genealogy and ritual.
(archaic)The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), a small raccoon-like animal of northeast Asia with reddish fur and a long, ringed tail.
- large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae
- reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas
Examples
96 sentencesHave you ever seen a panda?
Ти колись бачив панду?
ruТы когда-нибудь видел панду?
deHast du schon einmal einen Panda gesehen?
I have seen a panda once.
Я якось бачив панду.
ruЯ однажды видел панду.
deIch habe einmal einen Panda gesehen.
Do you mean that you've never seen a panda?
Хочеш сказати, що ніколи не бачив панду?
ruТы хочешь сказать, что никогда не видел панду?
deWillst du damit sagen, dass du noch nie einen Panda gesehen hast?
The panda is eating bamboo.
Панда їсть бамбук.
ruПанда ест бамбук.
deDer Panda frisst Bambus.
Giant pandas live only in China.
Гігантські панди живуть лише в Китаї.
ruГигантские панды обитают только в Китае.
deRiesenpandas leben nur in China.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Borrowed from French panda, of unclear ultimate origin but probably from the second elemenBorrowed from French panda, of unclear ultimate origin but probably from the second element of nigálya-pónya, a local name for the red panda recorded in Nepal and Sikkim by Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800 or 1801 – 1894), an ethnologist, naturalist and the British Resident of Nepal, possibly from Nepali निँगाले (nĩgāle, “relating to a certain species of bamboo”) (the adjectival form of निँगालो (nĩgālo), a variant of निङालो (niṅālo, “Drepanostachyum intermedium, a species of bamboo”)) + a regional Tibetan name for the animal (compare regional Tibetan ཕོ་ཉ (pho nya, “messenger”)).
Borrowed from Hindi पंडा (paṇḍā) and Punjabi ਪਾਂਡਾ (pāṇḍā), both from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita, “learned, wise; learned man, pundit, scholar, teacher; Hindu Brahmin who has memorized a substantial proportion of the Vedas”). Doublet of pundit.
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Forms
plural: pandasSynonyms
10 synonyms- large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae:giant pandapanda bearcoon bearAiluropoda melanoleuca
- reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas:lesser pandared pandabear catcat bearAilurus fulgens