pundit

Meaning

Noun

• An expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic.
• A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar.
• A native surveyor in British India, trained to carry out clandestine surveillance beyond British borders.

Origin

• Borrowed from Hindi पण्डित, from Sanskrit पण्डित ("scholar, learned man, teacher, philosopher").