Middle Bengali edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀳𑀸 (pāṇahā) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-),[1] from Sanskrit উপানহ্ (upānáh). Cognate with Old Awadhi पानही (pānhī), Old Braj पानही (pānhī), Old Hindi पानही (pānahī), Old Punjabi ਪਾਣ੍ਹੀ (pāṇhī), ਪਾਣ (pāṇa), Old Gujarati वाणही (vāṇahī), Old Marathi 𑘪𑘮𑘰𑘡 (vahāna), 𑘪𑘰𑘮𑘰𑘜 (vāhāṇa).

Noun edit

পানই (panoi)

  1. slipper
    • a. 16–18th c. CE, সতীশ চন্দ্র রায় [Satīsh Chandra Rāy], editor, পদকল্পতরু [Padakalpataru]:
      বাধা-পানই
      badha-panoi
      tied shoes (apart from slippers or wooden sandals)

References edit

  1. ^ Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], volume 2, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 639.

Further reading edit