पञ्चाशत्

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Sanskrit[edit]

**Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)**
← 40	^{[a], [b]} ← 49	५० 50	51 →	60 →
		5
Cardinal: पञ्चाशत् (pañcāśat)

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pančaHćát (“fifty”), from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷeh₁dḱḿ̥t (“fifty”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬗𐬁𐬯𐬀𐬙 (paṇcāsat, “fifty”), Ancient Greek πεντήκοντα (pentḗkonta, “fifty”), Latin quīnquāgintā (“fifty”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐɲ.t͡ɕɑː.ɕɐ́t/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /pɐɲˈt͡ɕɑː.ɕɐt̪/

Numeral[edit]

पञ्चाशत् • (pañcāśát)

fifty
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.18.5:
  आ विंशत्या त्रिंशता याह्यर्वाङा चत्वारिंशता हरिभिर्युजानः ।
  आ पञ्चाशता सुरथेभिरिन्द्रा षष्ट्या सप्तत्या सोमपेयम् ॥
  ā viṃśatyā triṃśatā yāhyarvāṅā catvāriṃśatā haribhiryujānaḥ.
  ā pañcāśatā surathebhirindrā ṣaṣṭyā saptatyā somapeyam.
  O Indra, come hither having harnessed thy chariot with twenty or thirty or forty horses.
  Come with fifty or sixty or seventy well trained horses, O Indra, to drink the Soma.

Descendants[edit]

Hindi: पचास (pacās)
Bengali: পঞ্চাশ (poncaś)
Niya Prakrit: 𐨤𐨎𐨕𐨭 (paṃcaśa)
Pali: paññāsa, paṇṇāsa
Prakrit: 𑀧𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀲 (paṇṇāsa)
- Konkani: पन्नास (pannās)
- Marathi: पन्नास (pannās)
- Sinhalese: පනහ (panaha)

References[edit]

Monier Williams (1899) “पञ्चाशत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0578.

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