Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pánča

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Proto-Indo-Iranian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *pánča

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Numeral

*pánča

1. five

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pánća
  • Sanskrit: पञ्चन् (páñcan)
    • Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀧𑀁𑀘 (paṃca) (see there for further descendants)
    • Dardic:
      • Kashmiri: پانٛژھ‎ (pānċh)
    • 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
  • → Hurrian: 𒉺𒀭𒍝 (pa-an-za)
• Proto-Iranian: *pánča (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Nuristani: *pánča
  • Northern Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri:

      Kamviri: púč

      Kativiri: púč

    • Prasuni: vúču, vuč
  • Southern Nuristani:
    • Ashkun: pṍć
    • Tregami: pṍč
    • Waigali: pũč