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panini

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • India: /pɑː.ɳi.ni/
  • CMU ARPABET: P AH0 N IY1 N IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

An ancient Indian grammarian known for codifying what came to be known as the Sanskrit language in his work the Aṣṭādhyāyī.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

plural of panino

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A type of grilled sandwich made of a small loaf of bread, cut horizontally, filled with meat such as salami or ham, cheese or other food.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: proscribed, sometimes

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: grammarian, syntactician

History

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit पाणिनि (pāṇini).

Borrowed from Italian panini, plural of panino (literally “small bread”).

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: панини (panini) — a sandwich
  • Chinese Mandarin: 帕尼尼 (pàníní) — a sandwich
  • Finnish: panini — a sandwich
  • German: Panino — a sandwich
  • Japanese: パニーニ (panīni) — a sandwich
  • Korean: 파니니 (panini) — a sandwich
  • Russian: пани́ни (paníni) — a sandwich
  • Spanish: panini — a sandwich
  • Spanish: panino — a sandwich
Real reading context

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