पनस

Hindi

Alternative forms

• फनस (phanas)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पनस (panasa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pə.nəs/, [pɐ.nɐs]

Noun

पनस • (panas) m (Urdu spelling پنس)

1. jackfruit, breadfruit

   Synonym: कटहल (kaṭhal)

Declension

Declension of पनस (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पनस panas	पनस panas
oblique	पनस panas	पनसों panasõ
vocative	पनस panas	पनसो panaso

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पनस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “पनस”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• पणस (paṇasa), पलस (palasa), फनस (phanasa), फलस (phalasa) (rare)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পনস (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬦᬲ (Balinese script)
• পনস (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰡𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀦𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• ပနသ (Burmese script)
• પનસ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਨਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌨𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦤꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂢𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ಪನಸ (Kannada script)
• បនស (Khmer script)
• ປນສ (Lao script)
• പനസ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᠨᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘡𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᠨᠠᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧁𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐣𑐳 (Newa script)
• ପନସ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢥꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆤𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖡𑖭 (Siddham script)
• පනස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩯𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚝𑚨 (Takri script)
• பநஸ (Tamil script)
• పనస (Telugu script)
• ปนส (Thai script)
• པ་ན་ས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒢𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨝𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *palacV.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ.nɐ.sɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐ.n̪ɐ.s̪ɐ/

Noun

पनस • (panasa) stem, n

1. jackfruit, breadfruit

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of पनस

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पनसम् (panasam)	पनसे (panase)	पनसानि (panasāni) पनसा¹ (panasā¹)
vocative	पनस (panasa)	पनसे (panase)	पनसानि (panasāni) पनसा¹ (panasā¹)
accusative	पनसम् (panasam)	पनसे (panase)	पनसानि (panasāni) पनसा¹ (panasā¹)
instrumental	पनसेन (panasena)	पनसाभ्याम् (panasābhyām)	पनसैः (panasaiḥ) पनसेभिः¹ (panasebhiḥ¹)
dative	पनसाय (panasāya)	पनसाभ्याम् (panasābhyām)	पनसेभ्यः (panasebhyaḥ)
ablative	पनसात् (panasāt)	पनसाभ्याम् (panasābhyām)	पनसेभ्यः (panasebhyaḥ)
genitive	पनसस्य (panasasya)	पनसयोः (panasayoḥ)	पनसानाम् (panasānām)
locative	पनसे (panase)	पनसयोः (panasayoḥ)	पनसेषु (panaseṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: panasa
  • → Burmese: ပိန္နဲ (pinnai:)
• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀨𑀡𑀲 (phaṇasa)
  • Bengali: পনস (ponoś)
  • Odia: ପଣସ (paṇasa)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀨𑀡𑀲 (phaṇasa)
  • Gujarati: ફણસ (phaṇas)
  • Hindi: फनस (phanas) (or from another language)
  • Marwari: फणस (phaṇas) (or from another language, possibly Gujarati)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑀡𑀲 (paṇasa)
  • Marathi: फणस (phaṇas) (or directly borrowed from an old, unattested tribal dialect)
    • → Swahili: fenesi (or from Gujarati)
  • Konkani: पोणोस (poṇos)
• → Middle Chinese: 波那娑 (MC pa na sa)