पङ्क

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• পঙ্ক (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬗ᭄ᬓ (Balinese script)
• পঙ্ক (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰒𑰿𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀗𑁆𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ပင်္က (Burmese script)
• પઙ્ક (Gujarati script)
• ਪਙ੍ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌙𑍍𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦔ꧀ꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂑𑂹𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಙ್ಕ (Kannada script)
• បង្ក (Khmer script)
• ປງ຺ກ (Lao script)
• പങ്ക (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᢛᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘒𑘿𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᢊᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑦲𑧠𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐒𑑂𑐎 (Newa script)
• ପଙ୍କ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢖ꣄ꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆕𑇀𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖒𑖿𑖎 (Siddham script)
• පඞ‍්ක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩠 𑪙𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚎𑚶𑚊 (Takri script)
• பங்க (Tamil script)
• పఙ్క (Telugu script)
• ปงฺก (Thai script)
• པ་ངྐ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒓𑓂𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨏𑩇𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pen- (“mire, bog”). Cognate with Old Prussian pannean (“bog”), Middle Irish en (“water”), Dutch veen, Old English fenn (English fen).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐŋ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐŋ.kɐ/

Noun

पङ्क • (paṅka) stem, m

1. mire, bog, morass, muddy pool
2. clay, slush, mud
3. dirt, moral impurity, sin

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पङ्क
Nom. sg.	पङ्कः (paṅkaḥ)
Gen. sg.	पङ्कस्य (paṅkasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पङ्कः (paṅkaḥ)	पङ्कौ (paṅkau)	पङ्काः (paṅkāḥ)
Vocative	पङ्क (paṅka)	पङ्कौ (paṅkau)	पङ्काः (paṅkāḥ)
Accusative	पङ्कम् (paṅkam)	पङ्कौ (paṅkau)	पङ्कान् (paṅkān)
Instrumental	पङ्केन (paṅkena)	पङ्काभ्याम् (paṅkābhyām)	पङ्कैः (paṅkaiḥ)
Dative	पङ्काय (paṅkāya)	पङ्काभ्याम् (paṅkābhyām)	पङ्केभ्यः (paṅkebhyaḥ)
Ablative	पङ्कात् (paṅkāt)	पङ्काभ्याम् (paṅkābhyām)	पङ्केभ्यः (paṅkebhyaḥ)
Genitive	पङ्कस्य (paṅkasya)	पङ्कयोः (paṅkayoḥ)	पङ्कानाम् (paṅkānām)
Locative	पङ्के (paṅke)	पङ्कयोः (paṅkayoḥ)	पङ्केषु (paṅkeṣu)

Derived terms

• पङ्कज (paṅkaja, “lotus”, literally “born from slush”)
• पङ्कक्रीड (paṅkakrīḍa, “pig”, literally “playing in slush”)

Descendants

• Assamese: পেঁক (pẽk), বোকা (büka)
• Bengali: পাঁক (pãk), পেঁক (pẽk)
• Hindi: पाँक (pā̃k)
• Sylheti: ꠙꠦꠇ (fex)
• Tamil: பங்கம் (paṅkam)
• Pali: paṅka
  • Lao: ບົງ (bong)
  • Thai: บงก์