Five in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “five” in Hindi is पाँच, pronounced panach — it is a n/det. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe
Proto-Indo-Iranian *pánča
Sanskrit पञ्च॑ (páñca)
Ashokan Prakrit 𑀧𑀁𑀘 (paṃca)
Prakrit 𑀧𑀁𑀘 (paṃca)
Old Hindi पांच (pāṃca)
Hindi पाँच
Inherited from Old Hindi पंच (paṃca), पांच (pāṃca), from Sanskrit पञ्च॑ (páñca). Cognate with Punjabi ਪੰਜ (pañj), Marathi पाच (pāc), Konkani पांच (pāñca), Nepali पाँच (pā̃c), Bengali পাঁচ (pãc), Gujarati પાંચ (pā̃c), and distantly English five. Related to पंजा (pañjā, “paw, group of five”) and पाँत (pā̃t).
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Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe
Proto-Indo-Iranian *pánča
Sanskrit पञ्च॑ (páñca)
Ashokan Prakrit 𑀧𑀁𑀘 (paṃca)
Prakrit 𑀧𑀁𑀘 (paṃca)
Old Hindi पांच (pāṃca)
Hindi पाँच
Inherited from Old Hindi पंच (paṃca), पांच (pāṃca), from Sanskrit पञ्च॑ (páñca). Cognate with Punjabi ਪੰਜ (pañj), Marathi पाच (pāc), Konkani पांच (pāñca), Nepali पाँच (pā̃c), Bengali পাঁচ (pãc), Gujarati પાંચ (pā̃c), and distantly English five. Related to पंजा (pañjā, “paw, group of five”) and पाँत (pā̃t).
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