पर्यङ्क

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• पल्यङ्क (palyaṅka)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পৰ্যঙ্ক (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬃᬬᬗ᭄ᬓ (Balinese script)
• পর্যঙ্ক (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰨𑰿𑰧𑰒𑰿𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀭𑁆𑀬𑀗𑁆𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ပရျင်္က (Burmese script)
• પર્યઙ્ક (Gujarati script)
• ਪਰ੍ਯਙ੍ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌙𑍍𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦫꦾꦔ꧀ꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂩𑂹𑂨𑂑𑂹𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಪರ್ಯಙ್ಕ (Kannada script)
• បយ៌ង្ក (Khmer script)
• ປຣ຺ຍງ຺ກ (Lao script)
• പര്യങ്ക (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᡵᠶᠠᢛᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘨𑘿𑘧𑘒𑘿𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᠷᠶ᠋ᠠᢊᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧈𑧠𑧇𑦲𑧠𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐬𑑂𑐫𑐒𑑂𑐎 (Newa script)
• ପର୍ଯଙ୍କ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢬ꣄ꢫꢖ꣄ꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆫𑇀𑆪𑆕𑇀𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖨𑖿𑖧𑖒𑖿𑖎 (Siddham script)
• පර්‍යඞ‍්ක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩼 𑪙𑩻𑩠 𑪙𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚤𑚶𑚣𑚎𑚶𑚊 (Takri script)
• பர்யங்க (Tamil script)
• పర్యఙ్క (Telugu script)
• ปรฺยงฺก (Thai script)
• པ་རྱ་ངྐ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒩𑓂𑒨𑒓𑓂𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨫𑩇𑨪𑨏𑩇𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Often taken as परि (pari, “around, about”) +‎ अङ्कस् (aṅkas, “bend, curve”). However, Mayrhofer suggests that this may be a folk etymology, and that the word was borrowed from a foreign language, perhaps Dravidian or Elamite.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐɾ.jɐŋ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈjɐŋ.kɐ/

Noun

पर्यङ्क • (paryaṅka) stem, m

1. furniture for lying down: a bed, a couch
2. vehicle in which one lies down: a litter, a palanquin

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पर्यङ्क (paryaṅka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पर्यङ्कः paryaṅkaḥ	पर्यङ्कौ / पर्यङ्का¹ paryaṅkau / paryaṅkā¹	पर्यङ्काः / पर्यङ्कासः¹ paryaṅkāḥ / paryaṅkāsaḥ¹
Vocative	पर्यङ्क paryaṅka	पर्यङ्कौ / पर्यङ्का¹ paryaṅkau / paryaṅkā¹	पर्यङ्काः / पर्यङ्कासः¹ paryaṅkāḥ / paryaṅkāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पर्यङ्कम् paryaṅkam	पर्यङ्कौ / पर्यङ्का¹ paryaṅkau / paryaṅkā¹	पर्यङ्कान् paryaṅkān
Instrumental	पर्यङ्केण paryaṅkeṇa	पर्यङ्काभ्याम् paryaṅkābhyām	पर्यङ्कैः / पर्यङ्केभिः¹ paryaṅkaiḥ / paryaṅkebhiḥ¹
Dative	पर्यङ्काय paryaṅkāya	पर्यङ्काभ्याम् paryaṅkābhyām	पर्यङ्केभ्यः paryaṅkebhyaḥ
Ablative	पर्यङ्कात् paryaṅkāt	पर्यङ्काभ्याम् paryaṅkābhyām	पर्यङ्केभ्यः paryaṅkebhyaḥ
Genitive	पर्यङ्कस्य paryaṅkasya	पर्यङ्कयोः paryaṅkayoḥ	पर्यङ्काणाम् paryaṅkāṇām
Locative	पर्यङ्के paryaṅke	पर्यङ्कयोः paryaṅkayoḥ	पर्यङ्केषु paryaṅkeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Assamese: পাল্কী (palki)
• Bengali: পালকি (paloki)
• Bhojpuri: पाल्की (pālkī)
• English: palanka
• Hindi: पलंग (palaṅg), पालकी (pālkī)
  • English: palki
• Marathi: पलंग (palaṅga)
• Odia: ପାଲଙ୍କି (pālaṅki)
  • → Portuguese: palanquim
    • → Catalan: palanquí
    • → Galician: palanquín
    • → English: palanquin, palankin, palankeen, palanchin, palanchine, palanchino, pallanchine, pallankin, palakin, palamkeen, palamkeene, palamkin, palankine, palanquine, pallaquin, pallenkine, pollankan, palanqueen, palenkeen, pallankeen, pallanquin, palenqueen, pallenkeen, palinquin, palanka, palanke, palankee, palanque, palanquy
      • Czech: palankin
      • Danish: palankin
      • Polish: palankin
    • → French: palanquin
      • German: Palankin
      • Romanian: palanchin
    • → Indonesian: pelangkin
    • Italian: palanchino
      • → English: palanchine, palanchino
    • → Russian: паланки́н (palankín)
    • → Spanish: palanquín

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पर्यङ्क”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0607, column 1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 98
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen‎^[2] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 226-227