पन्था

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *pántaHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs, from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s (path, road), from *pent-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *paþaz (an Iranian borrowing, whence English path), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos), πάτος (pátos), Latin pons, Old Armenian հուն (hun, riverbed).

Pronunciation

Noun

पन्था • (pánthā) stemm

  1. a way, path, roadway, course
  2. range, reach
  3. sect, doctrine
  4. a division of hell

Declension

Irregular declension
singular dual plural
nominative पन्थाः (panthāḥ) पन्थानौ (panthānau) पन्थानः, पन्थाः, पन्थासः (panthānaḥ, panthāḥ, panthāsaḥ)
accusative पन्थाम्, पन्थानम् (panthām, panthānam) पन्थानौ (panthānau) पथः (pathaḥ)
instrumental पथा (pathā) पथिभ्याम् (pathibhyām) पथिभिः (pathibhiḥ)
dative पथे (pathe) पथिभ्याम् (pathibhyām) पथिभ्यः (pathibhyaḥ)
ablative पथः (pathaḥ) पथिभ्याम् (pathibhyām) पथिभ्यः (pathibhyaḥ)
genitive पथः (pathaḥ) पथोः (pathoḥ) पथाम्, पथीनाम् (pathām, pathīnām)
locative पथि (pathi) पथोः (pathoḥ) पथिषु (pathiṣu)
vocative पन्थाः (panthāḥ) पन्थानौ (panthānau) पन्थानः, पन्थाः, पन्थासः (panthānaḥ, panthāḥ, panthāsaḥ)

References

  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 81-83
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 362
  • Monier Williams (1899) “Pathin”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 582, column 3.