𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• pamha (Latin script)
• पम्ह (Devanagari script)
• পম্হ (Bengali script)
• පම‍්හ (Sinhalese script)
• ပမှ (Burmese script)
• ปมฺห or ปัมหะ (Thai script)
• ᨷᨾ᩠ᩉ (Tai Tham script)
• ປມ຺ຫ or ປັມຫະ (Lao script)
• បម្ហ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄟𑄴𑄦 (Chakma script)

Noun

𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳 n

1. Brahmi script form of pamha (“eyelash”)

Declension

Declension table of "𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀁 (pamhaṃ)	𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀦𑀺 (pamhāni)
Accusative (second)	𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀁 (pamhaṃ)	𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀦𑀺 (pamhāni)
Instrumental (third)	𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂𑀦 (pamhena)	𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺 (pamhehi) or 𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂𑀪𑀺 (pamhebhi)
Dative (fourth)	𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (pamhassa) or 𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀬 (pamhāya) or 𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀁 (pamhatthaṃ)	𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀦𑀁 (pamhānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀸 (pamhasmā) or 𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸 (pamhamhā) or 𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸 (pamhā)	𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺 (pamhehi) or 𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂𑀪𑀺 (pamhebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (pamhassa)	𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀦𑀁 (pamhānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀺𑀁 (pamhasmiṃ) or 𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀺 (pamhamhi) or 𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (pamhe)	𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂𑀲𑀼 (pamhesu)
Vocative (calling)	𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳 (pamha)	𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀦𑀺 (pamhāni)

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀧𑁄𑀫𑁆𑀳 (pŏmha)

Etymology

From Old Indo-Aryan *paṣma, a colloquial form of Sanskrit पक्ष्म (pakṣma, “eyelash”).

Noun

𑀧𑀫𑁆𑀳 (pamha) m or n (Devanagari पम्ह)

1. eyelash

Descendants

• Central:
  • Hindustani: papnī, pakhuṛī, pakhurī, pā̃kṛī, pā̃khṛī, pā̃khrī

    Hindi: पपनी (papnī), पखुड़ी (pakhuṛī), पखुरी (pakhurī), पाँकड़ी (pā̃kṛī), पाँखड़ी (pā̃khṛī), पाँखरी (pā̃khrī)

    Urdu: پَپنِی (papnī), پَکھُڑِی (pakhuṛī), پَکھُرِی (pakhurī), پَان٘کڑِی (pā̃kṛī), پَان٘کھڑِی (pā̃khṛī), پَان٘کھرِی (pā̃khrī)

• Eastern:
  • Bihari: पंभी (pambhī), पाँभी (pā̃bhī), पाँकी (pā̃kī), पखनी (pakhnī)
    • Bhojpuri: पाम्ही (pāmhī)
    • Maithili: पपनी (papᵊnī)
• Northern:
  • Western Pahari:
    • Bhadrawahi: बिम्फणि (bimphaṇi)
• Northwestern:
  • Punjabi: phamb

    Gurmukhi script: ਫਬ

    Shahmukhi script: پھَنب

  • Sindhi: pimbiṇī

    Arabic script: پِنبِڻيِ

    Devanagari script: पिंबिणी

• Southern:
  • Konkani: pākḷī

    Devanagari script: पाकळी

    Latin script: paklli

    Kannada script: ಪಾಕ್ಳೀ

  • Marathi: पापणी (pāpṇī), पाकळी (pākḷī), पाँकळी (pŏṅkḷī), पाकोली (pākolī)
  • Sinhalese: පියුම් (piyum)
• Western:
  • Domaaki: [script needed] (pΛma)
  • Gujarati: પાંપનિ (pā̃pni), પાંખડી (pā̃khḍī), પાંપણ (pā̃paṇ)

References

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “पम्ह”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pamha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press