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pinda

pinda is the alternative form of pinder.

Meaning of pinder

Noun (1)

pinder (plural pinders)

  1. (Southern US, US, dialectal, especially) A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.
  2. (Southern US, US, dialectal, especially) The plant, Arachis hypogaea, that bears peanuts.

Noun (2)

pinder (plural pinders)

  1. (obsolete) One who impounds; a poundkeeper.

See all 5 meanings of pinder

Noun (1)

pinda (plural pindas)

  1. A small bag for Ayurvedic massage, filled with aromatic herbs.

Noun (2)

pinda (plural pindas)

  1. (Hinduism) A ball of cooked rice mixed with ghee and black sesame seeds offered to ancestors during Hindu funeral rites and ancestor worship rituals.

Forms of pinda

pluralpindas

Origin of pinda

Borrowed from Sanskrit पिण्ड (piṇḍa).

Questions about pinda

What does pinda mean?
Pinda means a small bag for Ayurvedic massage, filled with aromatic herbs.
What is pinda the alternative form of?
Pinda is the alternative form of pinder.
What part of speech is pinda?
Pinda is a noun.
What is the plural of pinda?
The plural of pinda is pindas.

Words near pinda in the dictionary

  1. pincushioned
  2. pincushioning
  3. pincushions
  4. pincushiony
  5. pind
  6. pinda
  7. pindal
  8. pindals
  9. pindan
  10. pindar
  11. Pindara

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pinda (page history and authors); pinder (page history and authors). 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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