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-Aryan *pánkas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pánkas, 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): /pɐ́ŋ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐŋ.kɐ/

Noun

पङ्क • (páṅka) stem, m

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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पङ्क

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पङ्कः (páṅkaḥ)	पङ्कौ (páṅkau) पङ्का¹ (páṅkā¹)	पङ्काः (páṅkāḥ) पङ्कासः¹ (páṅkāsaḥ¹)
vocative	पङ्क (páṅka)	पङ्कौ (páṅkau) पङ्का¹ (páṅkā¹)	पङ्काः (páṅkāḥ) पङ्कासः¹ (páṅkāsaḥ¹)
accusative	पङ्कम् (páṅkam)	पङ्कौ (páṅkau) पङ्का¹ (páṅkā¹)	पङ्कान् (páṅkān)
instrumental	पङ्केन (páṅkena)	पङ्काभ्याम् (páṅkābhyām)	पङ्कैः (páṅkaiḥ) पङ्केभिः¹ (páṅkebhiḥ¹)
dative	पङ्काय (páṅkāya)	पङ्काभ्याम् (páṅkābhyām)	पङ्केभ्यः (páṅkebhyaḥ)
ablative	पङ्कात् (páṅkāt)	पङ्काभ्याम् (páṅkābhyām)	पङ्केभ्यः (páṅkebhyaḥ)
genitive	पङ्कस्य (páṅkasya)	पङ्कयोः (páṅkayoḥ)	पङ्कानाम् (páṅkānām)
locative	पङ्के (páṅke)	पङ्कयोः (páṅkayoḥ)	पङ्केषु (páṅkeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• पङ्कज (paṅkaja, “lotus”)
• पङ्कक्रीड (paṅkakrīḍa, “pig”)

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