पञ्चन्

Sanskrit

**Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)**
	50
← 4	५ 5	6 →
Cardinal: पञ्चन् (pañcan) Ordinal: पञ्चम (pañcama)

Alternative scripts

ᬧᬜ᭄ᬘᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
পঞ্চন্ (Bengali script)
পঞ্চন্ (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰗𑰿𑰓𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
𑌪𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
પઞ્ચન્ (Gujarati script)
ꦥꦚ꧀ꦕꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
ಪಞ್ಚನ್ (Kannada script)
ပဉ္စန္ (Burmese script)
ପଞ୍ଚନ୍ (Oriya script)
ꢦꢛ꣄ꢗꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆚𑇀𑆖𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖗𑖿𑖓𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
పఞ్చన్ (Telugu script)
པཉྩན྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒘𑓂𑒔𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta 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.t͡ɕɐn̪/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐɲ.t͡ɕɐn̪/

Numeral

पञ्चन् • (páñcan)

five

Derived terms

पञ्चतन्त्र (pañcatantra)
पञ्चविधा (pañcavidhā)

Descendants

Dardic: *pánča
- Kashmiri: [script needed] (pants)
Helu: [Term?]
- Dhivehi: ފަހެހް‎ (faheh)
- Sinhalese: පහ (paha)
Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀧𑀁𑀘 (paṃca)
- Old Assamese: পাঞ্চ (pañco)
  - Assamese: পাঁচ (pãs)
- Bengali: পাঁচ (pãcô)
- Bishnupriya Manipuri: পাঁচ
- Oriya: ପାଞ୍ଚ (pañcô)
- Sylheti: ꠙꠣꠌ (fas)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑀁𑀘 (paṃca)
- Konkani: पांच
- Old Marathi: [Term?]
  - Marathi: पाच (pāċ)
Pali: pañca
- → Burmese: ပဉ္စ (panyca.)
- → Khmer: បញ្ច (bɑñcɑɑ)
- → Lao: ປັນຈະ (pan cha)
- → Shan: ပဵၼ်ႇၸႃႉ (pèn tsâ̰a)
- → Thai: ปัญจ, เบญจ
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀧𑀁𑀘 (paṃca)
- Old Gujarati: [Term?]
  - Gujarati: પાંચ (pā̃c)
- Old Hindi: [Term?]
  - Hindi: पाँच (pā̃c)
- Nepali: पाँच (pā̃ca)
- Punjabi: ਪੰਜ (pañj) / پنج‎ (pañj)
- Romani: panj
- Old Sindhi:
  - Kachchi: પંજ (pañj)
  - Sindhi: پَنجَ‎ (panj)
- Urdu: پانچ‎ (pā̃c)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “पञ्चन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 578/2.