पङ्क

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ᬧᬗ᭄ᬓ (Balinese script)
পঙ্ক (Assamese script)
পঙ্ক (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰒𑰿𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀗𑁆𑀓 (Brahmi script)
𑌪𑌙𑍍𑌕 (Grantha script)
પઙ્ક (Gujarati script)
ਪਙੑਕ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦥꦔ꧀ꦏ (Javanese script)
បង្ក (Khmer script)
ಪಙ್ಕ (Kannada script)
ປງ຺ກ (Lao script)
പങ്ക (Malayalam script)
𑘢𑘒𑘿𑘎 (Modi script)
ᢒᠠᢊᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
ᢒᠠᢛᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
ပင်္က (Burmese script)
𑧂𑦲𑧠𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐒𑑂𑐎 (Newa script)
ପଙ୍କ (Oriya script)
ꢦꢖ꣄ꢒ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆕𑇀𑆑 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖒𑖿𑖎 (Siddham script)
පඞ්ක (Sinhalese script)
పఙ్క (Telugu script)
ปงฺก (Thai script)
པ་ངྐ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒓𑓂𑒏 (Tirhuta 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

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐŋ.kɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐŋ.kɐ/

Noun

पङ्क • (paṅka) m

mire, bog, morass, muddy pool
clay, slush, mud
dirt, moral impurity, sin

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पङ्क
Nom. sg.	पङ्कः (paṅkaḥ)
Gen. sg.	पङ्कस्य (paṅkasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पङ्कः (paṅkaḥ)	पङ्कौ (paṅkau)	पङ्काः (paṅkāḥ)
Vocative	पङ्क (paṅka)	पङ्कौ (paṅkau)	पङ्काः (paṅkāḥ)
Accusative	पङ्कम् (paṅkam)	पङ्कौ (paṅkau)	पङ्कान् (paṅkān)
Instrumental	पङ्केन (paṅkena)	पङ्काभ्याम् (paṅkābhyām)	पङ्कैः (paṅkaiḥ)
Dative	पङ्काय (paṅkāya)	पङ्काभ्याम् (paṅkābhyām)	पङ्केभ्यः (paṅkebhyaḥ)
Ablative	पङ्कात् (paṅkāt)	पङ्काभ्याम् (paṅkābhyām)	पङ्केभ्यः (paṅkebhyaḥ)
Genitive	पङ्कस्य (paṅkasya)	पङ्कयोः (paṅkayoḥ)	पङ्कानाम् (paṅkānām)
Locative	पङ्के (paṅke)	पङ्कयोः (paṅkayoḥ)	पङ्केषु (paṅkeṣu)

Derived terms

पङ्कज (paṅkaja, “lotus”, literally “born from slush”)
पङ्कक्रीड (paṅkakrīḍa, “pig”, literally “playing in slush”)

Descendants

Assamese: পেঁক (pẽk), বোকা (büka)
Bengali: পাঁক (pãkô), পেঁক (pẽkô)
Hindi: पाँक (pā̃k)
Sylheti: ꠙꠦꠇ (fex)
Tamil: பங்கம் (paṅkam)
Pali: paṅka
- Lao: ບົງ (bong)
- Thai: บงก์