पञ्चन्

Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: पञ्चन् (pañcan)     Ordinal: पञ्चम (pañcama)     Multiplier: पञ्चधा (pañcadhā)     Distributive: पञ्चशस् (pañcaśas)     Collective: पङ्क्ति (paṅkti)

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe

Proto-Indo-Iranian *pánča

Sanskrit पञ्चन् (pañcan)

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 Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐɲ.t͡ɕɐn̪/

Numeral

पञ्चन् • (páñcan)

1. five

Declension

Irregular declension of पञ्चन् (páñcan)

	Plural
Nominative	पञ्च (páñca)
Vocative	पञ्च (páñca)
Accusative	पञ्च (páñca)
Instrumental	पञ्चभिः (pañcábhiḥ)
Dative	पञ्चभ्यः (pañcábhyaḥ)
Ablative	पञ्चभ्यः (pañcábhyaḥ)
Genitive	पञ्चानाम् (pañcānā́m)
Locative	पञ्चसु (pañcásu)

Derived terms

• पञ्चगुण (pañcaguṇa)
• पञ्चतन्त्र (pañcatantra)
• पञ्चम (pañcama)
• पञ्चविधा (pañcavidhā) (Hindi)
• 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.