पञ्चनद
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পঞ্চনদ (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬜ᭄ᬘᬦᬤ (Balinese script)
- পঞ্চনদ (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰗𑰿𑰓𑰡𑰟 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀦𑀤 (Brahmi script)
- ပဉ္စနဒ (Burmese script)
- પઞ્ચનદ (Gujarati script)
- ਪਞ੍ਚਨਦ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌨𑌦 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦚ꧀ꦕꦤꦢ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂖𑂹𑂒𑂢𑂠 (Kaithi script)
- ಪಞ್ಚನದ (Kannada script)
- បញ្ចនទ (Khmer script)
- ປຎ຺ຈນທ (Lao script)
- പഞ്ചനദ (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᠠᠨᡳᠶᢜᠠᠨᠠᡩᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘗𑘿𑘓𑘡𑘟 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠠᡛᢋᠠᠨᠠᢑᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑦷𑧠𑦳𑧁𑦿 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐘𑑂𑐔𑐣𑐡 (Newa script)
- ପଞ୍ଚନଦ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢛ꣄ꢗꢥꢣ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆚𑇀𑆖𑆤𑆢 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖗𑖿𑖓𑖡𑖟 (Siddham script)
- පඤ්චනද (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩥 𑪙𑩡𑩯𑩭 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚓𑚶𑚏𑚝𑚛 (Takri script)
- பஞ்சநத³ (Tamil script)
- పఞ్చనద (Telugu script)
- ปญฺจนท (Thai script)
- པ་ཉྩ་ན་ད (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒘𑓂𑒔𑒢𑒠 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨓𑩇𑨣𑨝𑨛 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Compound of पञ्च (pañca, “five”) + नद (nada, “river”).
Proper noun
पञ्चनद • (pañcanada) stem, m
- Punjab (a geographical region in South Asia, politically divided between India and Pakistan)
Descendants
- → Ancient Greek: Πενταποταμία (Pentapotamía) (calque)
- → Bengali: পঞ্চনদ (ponconod)
- → Classical Persian: پَنْجَاب (panjāb) (calque) (see there for further descendants)
- → Hindi: पंचनद (pañcnad)
- → Punjabi: ਪੰਚਨਦ (pañcnad), ਪੰਜਨਦ (pañjnad)
References
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “पञ्चनद”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 951
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “pañcanada”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.