pañca

See also: panca, pança, and panca-

Pali

Pali cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : pañca     Ordinal : pañcama

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀜𑁆𑀘 (Brahmi script)
• पञ्च (Devanagari script)
• পঞ্চ (Bengali script)
• පඤ‍්ච (Sinhalese script)
• ပဉ္စ or ပၺ္ၸ or ပၺ်ၸ (Burmese script)
• ปญฺจ or ปัญจะ (Thai script)
• ᨷᨬ᩠ᨧ (Tai Tham script)
• ປຎ຺ຈ or ປັຎຈະ (Lao script)
• បញ្ច (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄐𑄴𑄌 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पञ्चन् (pañcan) ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Numeral

pañca

1. five

Declension

Declension table of "pañca"

Case \ Number	Plural
Nominative (first)	pañca
Accusative (second)	pañca
Instrumental (third)	pañcahi
Dative (fourth)	pañcannaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	pañcahi
Genitive (sixth)	pañcannaṃ
Locative (seventh)	pañcasu

Descendants

• → Burmese: ပဉ္စ (panyca.)
• → Khmer: បញ្ច (bɑñcɑɑ)
• → Lao: ປັນຈະ (pan cha)
• → Shan: ပဵၼ်ႇၸႃႉ (pàen tsâ̰a)
• → Thai: ปัญจ, เบญจ