From Prakrit *pappaṇiyā, from early Middle Indo-Aryan *paṣpaṇikā, from the colloquial variant of Sanskrit पक्ष्मन् (pakṣman) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-).
पपनी • (papnī) f (Urdu spelling پپنی)