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? — aandrusiak
ruТы когда-нибудь видел панду? — NastyaKayokhtina
deHast du schon einmal einen Panda gesehen? — MUIRIEL
I have seen a panda once.
Я якось бачив панду. — deniko
ruЯ однажды видел панду. — odexed
deIch habe einmal einen Panda gesehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Do you mean that you've never seen a panda?
Хочеш сказати, що ніколи не бачив панду? — Teashrock
ruТы хочешь сказать, что никогда не видел панду? — Wezel
deWillst du damit sagen, dass du noch nie einen Panda gesehen hast? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The panda is eating bamboo.
Панда їсть бамбук. — deniko
ruПанда ест бамбук. — Wezel
deDer Panda frisst Bambus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Giant pandas live only in China.
Гігантські панди живуть лише в Китаї. — deniko
ruГигантские панды обитают только в Китае. — soweli_Elepanto
deRiesenpandas leben nur in China. — samueldora
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