পাঞ্চ

Early Assamese

Alternative forms

• ৫ (5)

Etymology

From Magadhi Prakrit, from Sanskrit পঞ্চন্ (páñcan), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pánča, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Numeral

পাঞ্চ (pañco)

1. five

   পাঞ্চ দিন পাঞ্চ ৰাতি দেখিলোহোঁ ৰঙ্গ ।
   দুৰ্ঘোৰ সমৰে কেহোঁ নেদিলেক ভঙ্গ ॥

   pañco dino pañco rati dekhilöhö̐ roṅgo ,
   durghöro somore kehö̐ nedileko bhoṅgo .

   Five days, five nights I saw entertainment,
   nobody gave a defeat in the dreadful war.

Descendants

• Assamese: পাঁচ (pãs)