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Middle Bengali
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀳𑀸 (pāṇahā) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-),[1] from Sanskrit উপানহ্ (upānáh). Cognate with Old Awadhi पानही (pānahī), Old Braj पानही (pānhī), Old Hindi पानही (pānahī), Old Punjabi ਪਾਣ੍ਹੀ (pāṇhī), ਪਾਣ (pāṇa), Old Gujarati वाणही (vāṇahī), Old Marathi 𑘪𑘮𑘰𑘡 (vahāna), 𑘪𑘰𑘮𑘰𑘜 (vāhāṇa).
Noun
পানই (panoi)
- slipper
a. 16–18th c. CE, সতীশ চন্দ্র রায় , editor, পদকল্পতরু :বাধা-পানই- badha-panoi
- tied shoes (apart from slippers or wooden sandals)
References
- ^ Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D., volume 2, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 639.
Further reading
- Biswas, Sailendra (2000) “পানই”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC, page 641.
- Dāsa, Jñānendramohana (1937-1938) “পান̑ই, পানাই”, in Bāṅgālā bhāshāra abhidhāna (in Bengali), 2nd edition, Kalikata: Indian Publishing House, →OCLC, page 1322.
- Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 510
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “upānáh”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 108