panda
Syllables: pan·da/ˈpændə//ˈpændə/
panda noun: the red panda (Ailurus fulgens), a small raccoon-like animal of northeast Asia with reddish fur and a long, ringed tail. Also the ellipsis of giant panda.
Noun (1)
panda (plural pandas)
- The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), a small raccoon-like animal of northeast Asia with reddish fur and a long, ringed tail.
- The red panda's history in zoos begins some 40 years after its discovery. The first one to be seen outside of its natural range arrived at London Zoo on 22nd May 1869, [...] On arrival at the zoo, the last surviving panda was given into the care of Abraham Bartlett, the superintendent of the zoo....2011, Angela R. Glatston, “Introduction”, in Angela R. Glatston, editor, Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda, London; Burlington, Mass.: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 7
- Synonyms:
- bear cat, cat bear, lesser panda, wah
Noun (2)
UK/ˈpʌndə/US/ˈpɑndə/
panda (plural pandas)
- 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.
- There are therefore in this district no Varna or degraded Brahmans nor are those at all disgraced who officiate in any temple as Pandas.1811–1812, Francis Buchanan, “Religion and Sects”, in J[ohn] F[rancis] W[illiam] J[ames], editor, An Account of the Districts of Bihar and Patna in 1811–1812 […], Patna, Bihar: Published by the Bihar...
- PANDA: PUNDA. Hind[i] and Beng[ali]. The proprietary or presiding priest of a Hindoo temple of Siva usually though not invariably a Brahman. The office is hereditary, and in some places, as at Benares, the Panda officiates only on particular occasions, the duties of daily worship being performed by...[1862, “PANDA: PUNDA”, in Edward Balfour, editor, The Second Supplement, with Index, to the Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, […], Madras, Tamil Nadu: Printed for the editor at...
Proper noun capitalized: Panda
Panda (plural Pandas)
- A South Asian surname.
Also used as
panda is also the ellipsis of giant panda.
panda is also the ellipsis of panda car.
panda meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
panda in Hindi
- Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- पांडा pāṇḍā
- brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular ghat or temple
- पंडा paṇḍā
panda in Tamil
- Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- பாண்டா pāṇṭā
panda in Marathi
- Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- पांडा pāṇḍā
panda in Urdu
- Ailuropoda melanoleuca — see also giant panda
- پانڈا pāṇḍā
More languagesFewer languages
- panda in Bengali
- পান্ডা panḍa
- panda in Telugu
- పాండా, పండా
- panda in Malayalam
- പാണ്ഡ, പാണ്ട
- panda in Kannada
- ಪಾಂಡಾ, ಪಾಂಡ
- panda in Punjabi
- ਪਾਂਡਾ pāṇḍā
- panda in Gujarati
- પાંડા, પાન્ડા, પંડા
- panda in Odia
- ପାଣ୍ଡା, ପାନ୍ଡା
- panda in Assamese
- বৰ পাণ্ডা bor panda, ডাঙৰ পাণ্ডা daṅor panda, পাণ্ডা ভালুক panda bhaluk
- panda in Nepali
- पान्डा pānḍā
- panda in Tagalog
- panda
- panda in Arabic
- بَنْدَة banda, بانْدا bāndā
- panda in Malay
- panda
- panda in Indonesian
- panda
- panda in Persian
- خرس پاندا xers-e pândâ, پاندا pândâ
- panda in Thai
- แพนด้า pɛn-dâa, หมีแพนด้า mǐi-pɛɛn-dâa
- panda in Vietnamese
- gấu trúc
- Dzongkha
- བྱི་ལི་དོམ byi li dom
Examples of panda in a sentence
- The red panda's history in zoos begins some 40 years after its discovery.2011, Angela R. Glatston, “Introduction”, in Angela R. Glatston, editor, Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda, London...
- Whilst the pilgrim is in the water, the pandas repeat some Sanscrit verses; [...]1879, Mrs. J. C. Murray Aynsley [i.e., Harriet Georgiana Maria Murray Aynsley], chapter XI, in Our Visit to Hindostán, Kashmir, and Ladakh...
- There our family has its own panda, as these priests are called, who at his death is succeeded by his son.1961, Prakash Tandon, chapter 1, in Punjabi Century: 1857–1947, London: Chatto and Windus, →OCLC; republished Berkeley; Los Angeles...
- 'The mafia-like activities' and 'growing internal competition' of the contemporary panda community are the consequence of an almost complete breakdown of the old configuration.1994, Jonathan P. Parry, “Shares and Chicanery”, in Death in Banaras (Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures; 1988), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire...
Synonyms of panda
Forms of panda
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | pandas |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Pandas |
Origin of panda
Borrowed 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”)). Attributive uses of sense 2 (“a giant panda”) generally refer to that animal’s distinctive black and white coat colour.
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.
Words formed from panda
Phrases with panda
Words that rhyme with panda
Questions about panda
- What does panda mean?
- Panda means the red panda (Ailurus fulgens), a small raccoon-like animal of northeast Asia with reddish fur and a long, ringed tail.
- What is panda in Hindi?
- Panda in Hindi is पांडा (pāṇḍā), पंडा (paṇḍā). See Panda meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use panda in a sentence?
- The red panda's history in zoos begins some 40 years after its discovery.
- What part of speech is panda?
- Panda can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce panda?
- Panda is pronounced /ˈpændə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of panda?
- The plural of panda is pandas.
Words near panda in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: panda (page history and authors); Panda (page history and authors); panda (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); panda (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); panda (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); panda (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); panda (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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