पिशङ्ग

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পিশঙ্গ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬶᬰᬗ᭄ᬕ (Balinese script)
• পিশঙ্গ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰰𑰫𑰒𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀺𑀰𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• ပိၐင်္ဂ (Burmese script)
• પિશઙ્ગ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਿਸ਼ਙੑਗ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌿𑌶𑌙𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦶꦯꦔ꧀ꦒ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂱𑂬𑂑𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಿಶಙ್ಗ (Kannada script)
• បិឝង្គ (Khmer script)
• ປິຨງ຺ຄ (Lao script)
• പിശങ്ഗ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡳᡧᠠᢛᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘱𑘫𑘒𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠢᠱᠠᢊᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧒𑧋𑦲𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐶𑐱𑐒𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
• ପିଶଙ୍ଗ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢶꢯꢖ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆴𑆯𑆕𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖰𑖫𑖒𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
• පිශඞ‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩑𑩿𑩠 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚮𑚧𑚎𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
• பிஶங்க³ (Tamil script)
• పిశఙ్గ (Telugu script)
• ปิศงฺค (Thai script)
• པི་ཤ་ངྒ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒱𑒬𑒓𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨁𑨮𑨏𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pićángas, from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to paint, mark, dye”). Compare Old Armenian պիսակ (pisak), a borrowing from Proto-Iranian *picángah.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pi.ɕɐŋ.ɡɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /piˈɕɐŋ.ɡɐ/

Adjective

पिशङ्ग • (piśáṅga)

1. reddish, reddish-brown or reddish-yellow, tawny

See also

Colors in Sanskrit · रङ्ग (raṅga) (layout · text)

श्वेत (śveta)	श्याम (śyāma)	कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa), काल (kāla)
रोहित (rohita)	कद्रु (kadru), पिशङ्ग (piśaṅga), पिङ्गल (piṅgala)	पिङ्ग (piṅga); पाण्डु (pāṇḍu)
	हरित् (harit)	श्याम (śyāma)
		नील (nīla)
	नीललोहित (nīlalohita)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पिशङ्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0628.