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Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- পঙ্ক (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬗ᭄ᬓ (Balinese script)
- পঙ্ক (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰒𑰿𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀗𑁆𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- ပင်္က (Burmese script)
- પઙ્ક (Gujarati script)
- ਪਙ੍ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑌙𑍍𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦔ꧀ꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂑𑂹𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಪಙ್ಕ (Kannada script)
- បង្ក (Khmer script)
- ປງ຺ກ (Lao script)
- പങ്ക (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᠠᢛᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘒𑘿𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠠᢊᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑦲𑧠𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐒𑑂𑐎 (Newa script)
- ପଙ୍କ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢖ꣄ꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆕𑇀𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖒𑖿𑖎 (Siddham script)
- පඞ්ක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩠 𑪙𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚎𑚶𑚊 (Takri script)
- பங்க (Tamil script)
- పఙ్క (Telugu script)
- ปงฺก (Thai script)
- པ་ངྐ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒓𑓂𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨏𑩇𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pen- (“mire, bog”). Cognate with Old Prussian pannean (“bog”), Middle Irish en (“water”), Dutch veen, Old English fenn (English fen).
Pronunciation
Noun
पङ्क • (paṅka) stem, m
- mire, bog, morass, muddy pool
- clay, slush, mud
- dirt, moral impurity, sin
Declension
Derived terms
- पङ्कज (paṅkaja, “lotus”, literally “born from slush”)
- पङ्कक्रीड (paṅkakrīḍa, “pig”, literally “playing in slush”)
Descendants