Thursday, December 17, 2009

पाँत پانت ♣ Eng. five, penta-

पाँत پانت ♣ Eng. five, penta-

[pā̃t], f. a line, row.

[◀MIA: Pk. paṁtĭ̄- f. ‘line, row’, °tiya- n.; Pa. panti- f. ‘line, row’ ◀OIA paṅktí- f. ‘group of five’ AV., ‘row, troop’ Mn. <páñca ‘five’ ◀PIE *penkʷe ‘five’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. five, finger, fist ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. penta-, quintet ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0220; (Turner, 1966) 7646, 7655; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 412; (MW, 1899) 0574, 0575; (Pokorny, 1959) 0808, 0839; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.063, 2.065

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