Monday, April 23, 2007

slashdot, pundit, mogul

Slashdot.org- technology related news website

pundit- 1. A source of opinion; a critic: a political pundit.
2. A learned person.
3. Hinduism. Variant of pandit.
[Hindi paNdit, from Sanskrit paNditah. See pundit.]

pan톎it (p?퉐?) or pun톎it (p??) noun
1.A Brahman scholar or learned man.
2.Used as a title of respect for a learned man in India.

[Hindi paNdit, from Sanskrit paNditah. See pundit.]

c.f. 3. mogul. A very rich or powerful person; a magnate.

[Persian and Arabic mugul, from Mongolian MoNgul.]

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