पांसु

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

পাংসু (Assamese script)
ᬧᬵᬂᬲᬸ (Balinese script)
পাংসু (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰯𑰽𑰭𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀸𑀁𑀲𑀼 (Brahmi script)
ပါံသု (Burmese script)
પાંસુ (Gujarati script)
ਪਾਂਸੁ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑌾𑌂𑌸𑍁 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦴꦁꦱꦸ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂰𑂁𑂮𑂳 (Kaithi script)
ಪಾಂಸು (Kannada script)
បាំសុ (Khmer script)
ປາໍສຸ (Lao script)
പാംസു (Malayalam script)
ᢀ᠋ᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘰𑘽𑘭𑘳 (Modi script)
ᢀ᠋ᢒᠠᢗᠰᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧑𑧞𑧍𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐵𑑄𑐳𑐸 (Newa script)
ପାଂସୁ (Odia script)
ꢦꢵꢀꢱꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆳𑆁𑆱𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖯𑖽𑖭𑖲 (Siddham script)
පාංසු (Sinhalese script)
𑩰𑩛𑪖𑪁𑩒 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚭𑚫𑚨𑚰 (Takri script)
பாஂஸு (Tamil script)
పాంసు (Telugu script)
ปาํสุ (Thai script)
པཱཾ་སུ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒰𑓀𑒮𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑨊𑨸𑨰𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *pānsúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pānsúš.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɑ̃ː.sú/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ̃ː.s̪u/

Noun

पांसु • (pāṃsú) stem, m

dust, crumbling soil

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of पांसु (pāṃsú)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पांसुः pāṃsúḥ	पांसू pāṃsū́	पांसवः pāṃsávaḥ
Vocative	पांसो pā́ṃso	पांसू pā́ṃsū	पांसवः pā́ṃsavaḥ
Accusative	पांसुम् pāṃsúm	पांसू pāṃsū́	पांसून् pāṃsū́n
Instrumental	पांसुना / पांस्वा¹ pāṃsúnā / pāṃsvā́¹	पांसुभ्याम् pāṃsúbhyām	पांसुभिः pāṃsúbhiḥ
Dative	पांसवे / पांस्वे¹ pāṃsáve / pāṃsvé¹	पांसुभ्याम् pāṃsúbhyām	पांसुभ्यः pāṃsúbhyaḥ
Ablative	पांसोः / पांस्वः¹ pāṃsóḥ / pāṃsváḥ¹	पांसुभ्याम् pāṃsúbhyām	पांसुभ्यः pāṃsúbhyaḥ
Genitive	पांसोः / पांस्वः¹ pāṃsóḥ / pāṃsváḥ¹	पांस्वोः pāṃsvóḥ	पांसूनाम् pāṃsūnā́m
Locative	पांसौ pāṃsaú	पांस्वोः pāṃsvóḥ	पांसुषु pāṃsúṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kalasha: phāu
- Kashmiri: پَاہ
- Shumashti: pō
- → Proto-Nuristani:
  - Kamkata-viri: pəŕes
  - Prasuni: puċé, pərċé
  - Waigali: pasilä̃
Pali: paṁsu
Prakrit: 𑀧𑀀𑀲𑀼 (pam̐su), 𑀧𑀸𑀲𑀼 (pāsu)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Awadhi: पाँसि (pā̃si)
    - Gujarati: પાઁસુ (pām̐su)
    - Old Hindi: पाँसु (pām̐su)
      - Hindustani: pā̃s
        Hindi: पाँस
        
        Urdu: پَاںس (pā̃s)
    - Romani:
      - Carpathian Romani: pōši
      - Romano-Greek: pošík
      - Vlax Romani: poš, poši
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Bengali: পাঁস (pãs)
    - Odia: ପାଉଁସ (pāũsa)
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: ފަސް (fas)
    - Sinhalese: පස (pasa)
- Western:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Takka Apabhramsa:
      - Punjabi:
        Lahnda: پاہ (pāh)
        Southern Hindko: پا (pā)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pamsu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 452

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