पञ्जी
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- पञ्जि (pañji)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পঞ্জী (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬜ᭄ᬚᬷ (Balinese script)
- পঞ্জী (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰗𑰿𑰕𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀜𑁆𑀚𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ပဉ္ဇီ (Burmese script)
- પઞ્જી (Gujarati script)
- ਪਞ੍ਜੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑌞𑍍𑌜𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦚ꧀ꦗꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂖𑂹𑂔𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಪಞ್ಜೀ (Kannada script)
- បញ្ជី (Khmer script)
- ປຎ຺ຊີ (Lao script)
- പഞ്ജീ (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᠠᠨᡳᠶᡯᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘗𑘿𑘕𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠠᡛᠽᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑦷𑧠𑦵𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐘𑑂𑐖𑐷 (Newa script)
- ପଞ୍ଜୀ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢛ꣄ꢙꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆚𑇀𑆘𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖗𑖿𑖕𑖱 (Siddham script)
- පඤ්ජී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩥 𑪙𑩣𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚓𑚶𑚑𑚯 (Takri script)
- பஞ்ஜீ (Tamil script)
- పఞ్జీ (Telugu script)
- ปญฺชี (Thai script)
- པ་ཉྫཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒘𑓂𑒖𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨓𑩇𑨥𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil பஞ்சி (pañci).[1]
The semantic shift to the "almanac" sense, within Sanskrit proper, is only attested lexicographically, and is inferred from borrowings of the word in Southeast Asian languages, which do carry this sense as primary.[2]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pɐɲ.d͡ʑiː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pɐɲ.d͡ʑiː/
Noun
पञ्जी • (pañjī) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | पञ्जी (pañjī) | पञ्ज्यौ (pañjyau) पञ्जी¹ (pañjī¹) |
पञ्ज्यः (pañjyaḥ) पञ्जीः¹ (pañjīḥ¹) |
| accusative | पञ्जीम् (pañjīm) | पञ्ज्यौ (pañjyau) पञ्जी¹ (pañjī¹) |
पञ्जीः (pañjīḥ) |
| instrumental | पञ्ज्या (pañjyā) | पञ्जीभ्याम् (pañjībhyām) | पञ्जीभिः (pañjībhiḥ) |
| dative | पञ्ज्यै (pañjyai) | पञ्जीभ्याम् (pañjībhyām) | पञ्जीभ्यः (pañjībhyaḥ) |
| ablative | पञ्ज्याः (pañjyāḥ) पञ्ज्यै² (pañjyai²) |
पञ्जीभ्याम् (pañjībhyām) | पञ्जीभ्यः (pañjībhyaḥ) |
| genitive | पञ्ज्याः (pañjyāḥ) पञ्ज्यै² (pañjyai²) |
पञ्ज्योः (pañjyoḥ) | पञ्जीनाम् (pañjīnām) |
| locative | पञ्ज्याम् (pañjyām) | पञ्ज्योः (pañjyoḥ) | पञ्जीषु (pañjīṣu) |
| vocative | पञ्जि (pañji) | पञ्ज्यौ (pañjyau) पञ्जी¹ (pañjī¹) |
पञ्ज्यः (pañjyaḥ) पञ्जीः¹ (pañjīḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), “pañjī-, ojī-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 297
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963), “pañjiḥ”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 188
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “पञ्जी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 578, column 3.