পানই

Middle Bengali

Alternative forms

• পানা (pana), পানাই (panai)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀳𑀸 (pāṇahā) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit উপানহ্ (upānáh). Cognate with Old Awadhi पानही (pānhī), Old Braj पानही (pānhī), Old Hindi पानही (pānahī), Old Punjabi ਪਾਣ੍ਹੀ (pāṇhī), ਪਾਣ (pāṇa), Old Gujarati वाणही (vāṇahī), Old Marathi 𑘪𑘮𑘰𑘡 (vahāna), 𑘪𑘰𑘮𑘰𑘜 (vāhāṇa).

Noun

পানই (panoi)

1. slipper
   • a. 16–18th c. CE, সতীশ চন্দ্র রায় [Satīsh Chandra Rāy], editor, পদকল্পতরু [Padakalpataru]:

     বাধা-পানই

     badha-panoi

     tied shoes (apart from slippers or wooden sandals)

Further reading

• Biswas, Sailendra (2000) “পানই”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3^rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC, page 641.
• Dāsa, Jñānendramohana (1937-1938) “পান̑ই, পানাই”, in Bāṅgālā bhāshāra abhidhāna (in Bengali), 2^nd edition, Kalikata: Indian Publishing House, →OCLC, page 1322.
• Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎^[2], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 510
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “upānáh”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 108