पन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

পন্ (Assamese script)
ᬧᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
পন্ (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ပန် (Burmese script)
પન્ (Gujarati script)
ਪਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಪೝ (Kannada script)
បន៑ (Khmer script)
ປນ຺ (Lao script)
പന് (Malayalam script)
ᢒᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢒᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
ପନ୍ (Odia script)
ꢦꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
පන් (Sinhalese script)
𑩰𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
பந் (Tamil script)
పౝ (Telugu script)
ปนฺ (Thai script)
པ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Dunkel and Cowgill take the root as a back-formation from the affixed root विपन् (vipan, “to pride one's self, boast”), which they consider as related to विप् (vip, “to tremble, agitate”), and thus ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to tremble, swing away”). Other theories connect the root to Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬥𐬙𐬀 (spanta, “healing, beneficial”), itself of poorly-resolved origin, while suggestions connecting the root to Proto-Indo-European *spend- (“to perform a rite”) are formally unlikely.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐn/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐn̪/

Root

पन् • (pan)

to admire, be worthy of admiration

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “PANᴵ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 80-1

Monier Williams (1899) “पन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 585, column 2.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “पन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 95
Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “पन्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “PANᴵ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 80-1

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