پنجھی

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पञ्चविंशति (pañcaviṃśati). Cognate with Saraiki پَن٘جِیہہ (paṉjīh).

Numeral

پَن٘جھی • (paṉjhī) (Gurmukhi spelling ਪੰਝੀ)

1. (Pakistan) Alternative form of پَچّی (paccī, “twenty-five”).

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پنجھی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਪੰਝੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “páñcaviṁśati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press