पन्था
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পন্থা (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬦ᭄ᬣᬵ (Balinese script)
- পন্থা (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰡𑰿𑰞𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀦𑁆𑀣𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ပန္ထာ (Burmese script)
- પન્થા (Gujarati script)
- ਪਨ੍ਥਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑌨𑍍𑌥𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦤ꧀ꦡꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂢𑂹𑂟𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಪನ್ಥಾ (Kannada script)
- បន្ថា (Khmer script)
- ປນ຺ຖາ (Lao script)
- പന്ഥാ (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᠠᠨᡨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘡𑘿𑘞𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠠᠨᠲᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧁𑧠𑦾𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐣𑑂𑐠𑐵 (Newa script)
- ପନ୍ଥା (Odia script)
- ꢦꢥ꣄ꢢꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆤𑇀𑆡𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖡𑖿𑖞𑖯 (Siddham script)
- පන්ථා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩯 𑪙𑩬𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚝𑚶𑚚𑚭 (Takri script)
- பந்த²ா (Tamil script)
- పన్థా (Telugu script)
- ปนฺถา (Thai script)
- པ་ནྠཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒢𑓂𑒟𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨝𑩇𑨚𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *pántaHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs, from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s (“path, road”), from *pent-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *paþaz (an Iranian borrowing, whence English path), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos), πάτος (pátos), Latin pons, Old Armenian հուն (hun, “riverbed”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pɐ́n.tʰɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pɐn̪.t̪ʰɑː/
Noun
पन्था • (pánthā) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | पन्थाः (panthāḥ) | पन्थानौ (panthānau) | पन्थानः, पन्थाः, पन्थासः (panthānaḥ, panthāḥ, panthāsaḥ) |
| accusative | पन्थाम्, पन्थानम् (panthām, panthānam) | पन्थानौ (panthānau) | पथः (pathaḥ) |
| instrumental | पथा (pathā) | पथिभ्याम् (pathibhyām) | पथिभिः (pathibhiḥ) |
| dative | पथे (pathe) | पथिभ्याम् (pathibhyām) | पथिभ्यः (pathibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | पथः (pathaḥ) | पथिभ्याम् (pathibhyām) | पथिभ्यः (pathibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | पथः (pathaḥ) | पथोः (pathoḥ) | पथाम्, पथीनाम् (pathām, pathīnām) |
| locative | पथि (pathi) | पथोः (pathoḥ) | पथिषु (pathiṣu) |
| vocative | पन्थाः (panthāḥ) | पन्थानौ (panthānau) | पन्थानः, पन्थाः, पन्थासः (panthānaḥ, panthāḥ, panthāsaḥ) |
References
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 81-83
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 362
- Monier Williams (1899), “Pathin”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 582, column 3.