پنجه

Persian

Regional synonyms of "fork"
Dari	پنجه
Iranian Persian	چنگال
Tajik	панҷа

Etymology 1

From (panj, “five”) +‎ (-a / -e).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /pan.ˈd͡ʒa/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰän.d͡ʒǽ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰän.d͡ʒǽ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰän.d͡ʒǽ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæn.d͡ʒé]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰän.d͡ʒǽ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	panja
Dari reading^?	panja
Iranian reading^?	panje
Tajik reading^?	panja

Noun

پنجه • (panja / panje) (plural پنجه‌ها (panja-hā / panje-hâ), Tajik spelling панҷа)

paw
(chiefly Dari, Tajik) fork

Descendants

→ Armenian: փանջա (pʻanǰa)
→ Azerbaijani: pəncə
→ Bengali: পাঞ্জা (panja)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: पंजा (pañjā)

Urdu: پَن٘جَہ (pañja)
Telugu: పంజా (pañjā)
→ Ottoman Turkish: پنچه, پنجه (pence)
- Turkish: pençe
- → Armenian: փէնչէ (pʻēnčʻē)
- → Crimean Tatar: panca
- → Romanian: pingea
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: па̑нџа
  Latin script: pȃndža

Etymology 2

Akin to Nishaburi Persian dialect (bonča, “bundle”), Bandar Abbasi Persian dialect (banjuk, “bunch, cluster”). Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ-.

Noun

پنجه • (ponje) (plural پنجه‌ها (ponje-hâ))

(Transoxianan, obsolete) forelock, fringe, bangs

Southwestern Fars

Noun

پنجه (penja)

(anatomy, Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) finger