Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pánča

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

**Proto-Indo-Iranian cardinal numbers**
< 4	5	6 >
Cardinal : *pánča

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Numeral

*pánča

five

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pánća
- Sanskrit: पञ्चन् (páñcan)
  - Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀧𑀁𑀘 (paṃca) (see there for further descendants)
  - Dardic:
    - Kalasha: ponǰ
    - Kashmiri: پانٛژھ (pānċh)
    - Khowar: پونج (ponǰ)
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: ފަހެހް (faheh)
    - Sinhalese: පහ (paha)
  - Pali: pañca
    - → Burmese: ပဉ္စ (panyca.)
    - → Khmer: បញ្ច (bɑñcɑɑ)
    - → Lao: ປັນຈະ (pan cha)
    - → Shan: ပဵၼ်ႇၸႃႉ (pàen tsâ̰a)
    - → Thai: ปัญจ, เบญจ
  - → Malay:
    Latin script: panca
    Arabic script: ڤنچا
    - Indonesian: panca
- → Hurrian: 𒉺𒀭𒍝 (pa-an-za)
Proto-Iranian: *pánča (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Nuristani: *pánča
- Northern Nuristani:
  - Kamkata-viri:
    Kamviri: puč
    
    Kativiri: puč
  - Prasuni: vuču, vuč
- Southern Nuristani:
  - Ashkun: põć
  - Tregami: põč
  - Waigali: pũč