पञ्चन्

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Sanskrit

**Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)**
	50
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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)

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.

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