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Of uncertain origin. Often taken as परि(pari, “around, about”) + अङ्कस्(aṅkas, “bend, curve”). However, Mayrhofer suggests that this may be a folk etymology, and that the word was borrowed from a foreign language, perhaps Dravidian or Elamite.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 98
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 226-227