पञ्चन्

Sanskrit

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Cardinal: पञ्चन् (pañcan)     Ordinal: पञ्चम (pañcama)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পঞ্চন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬜ᭄ᬘᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• পঞ্চন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰗𑰿𑰓𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပဉ္စန် (Burmese script)
• પઞ્ચન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਞ੍ਚਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦚ꧀ꦕꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂖𑂹𑂒𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಞ್ಚೝ (Kannada script)
• បញ្ចន៑ (Khmer script)
• ປຎ຺ຈນ຺ (Lao script)
• പഞ്ചന് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᠨᡳᠶᢜᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘗𑘿𑘓𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᡛᢋᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑦷𑧠𑦳𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐘𑑂𑐔𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପଞ୍ଚନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢛ꣄ꢗꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆚𑇀𑆖𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖗𑖿𑖓𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• පඤ්‍චන් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩥 𑪙𑩡𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚓𑚶𑚏𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• பஞ்சந் (Tamil script)
• పఞ్చౝ (Telugu script)
• ปญฺจนฺ (Thai script)
• པ་ཉྩ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒘𑓂𑒔𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨓𑩇𑨣𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *pánća, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pánča, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬗𐬀 (paṇca), Old Church Slavonic пѧть (pętĭ), Lithuanian penki, Albanian pesë, Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte), Latin quinque, Old English fīf (whence English five).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ́ɲ.t͡ɕɐn/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐɲ.t͡ɕɐn̪/

Numeral

पञ्चन् • (páñcan)

1. five

Declension

irregular declension
Nom. sg.	—
Gen. sg.	—
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	—	—	पञ्च (pañca)
Vocative	—	—	पञ्च (pañca)
Accusative	—	—	पञ्च (pañca)
Instrumental	—	—	पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ)
Dative	—	—	पञ्चभ्यः (pañcabhyaḥ)
Ablative	—	—	पञ्चभ्यः (pañcabhyaḥ)
Genitive	—	—	पञ्चानाम् (pañcānām)
Locative	—	—	पञ्चसु (pañcasu)

Derived terms

• पञ्चतन्त्र (pañcatantra)
• पञ्चम (pañcama)
• पञ्चविधा (pañcavidhā)
• पञ्चशील (pañcaśīla)
• पञ्चाल (pañcāla, “Panchal”)

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀧𑀁𑀘 (paṃca) (see there for further descendants)
• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: ponǰ
  • Kashmiri: پانٛژھ (pānċh)
  • Khowar: پونج (ponǰ)
• Helu Prakrit:
  • Dhivehi: ފަހެހް (faheh)
  • Sinhalese: පහ (paha)
• Pali: pañca
  • → Burmese: ပဉ္စ (panyca.)
  • → Khmer: បញ្ច (bɑñcɑɑ)
  • → Lao: ປັນຈະ (pan cha)
  • → Shan: ပဵၼ်ႇၸႃႉ (pàen tsâ̰a)
  • → Thai: ปัญจ, เบญจ
• → Malay:

  Latin script: panca

  Arabic script: ڤنچا

  • Indonesian: panca

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पञ्चन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 578/2.