पांसु

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

পাংসু (Assamese script)
ᬧᬵᬂᬲᬸ (Balinese script)
পাংসু (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰯𑰽𑰭𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀸𑀁𑀲𑀼 (Brahmi script)
ပါံသု (Burmese script)
પાંસુ (Gujarati script)
ਪਾਂਸੁ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑌾𑌂𑌸𑍁 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦴꦁꦱꦸ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂰𑂁𑂮𑂳 (Kaithi script)
ಪಾಂಸು (Kannada script)
បាំសុ (Khmer script)
ປາໍສຸ (Lao script)
പാംസു (Malayalam script)
ᢀ᠋ᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘰𑘽𑘭𑘳 (Modi script)
ᢀ᠋ᢒᠠᢗᠰᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧑𑧞𑧍𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐵𑑄𑐳𑐸 (Newa script)
ପାଂସୁ (Odia script)
ꢦꢵꢀꢱꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆳𑆁𑆱𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖯𑖽𑖭𑖲 (Siddham script)
පාංසු (Sinhalese script)
𑩰𑩛𑪖𑪁𑩒 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚭𑚫𑚨𑚰 (Takri script)
பாஂஸு (Tamil script)
పాంసు (Telugu script)
ปาํสุ (Thai script)
པཱཾ་སུ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒰𑓀𑒮𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑨊𑨸𑨰𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *pānsúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pānsúš.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɑ̃ː.sú/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɑ̃ː.s̪u/

Noun

पांसु • (pāṃsú) stem, m

dust, crumbling soil

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of पांसु
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पांसुः (pāṃsúḥ)	पांसू (pāṃsū́)	पांसवः (pāṃsávaḥ)
accusative	पांसुम् (pāṃsúm)	पांसू (pāṃsū́)	पांसून् (pāṃsū́n)
instrumental	पांसुना (pāṃsúnā) पांस्वा¹ (pāṃsvā́¹)	पांसुभ्याम् (pāṃsúbhyām)	पांसुभिः (pāṃsúbhiḥ)
dative	पांसवे (pāṃsáve) पांस्वे¹ (pāṃsvé¹)	पांसुभ्याम् (pāṃsúbhyām)	पांसुभ्यः (pāṃsúbhyaḥ)
ablative	पांसोः (pāṃsóḥ) पांस्वः¹ (pāṃsváḥ¹)	पांसुभ्याम् (pāṃsúbhyām)	पांसुभ्यः (pāṃsúbhyaḥ)
genitive	पांसोः (pāṃsóḥ) पांस्वः¹ (pāṃsváḥ¹)	पांस्वोः (pāṃsvóḥ)	पांसूनाम् (pāṃsūnā́m)
locative	पांसौ (pāṃsaú)	पांस्वोः (pāṃsvóḥ)	पांसुषु (pāṃsúṣu)
vocative	पांसो (pā́ṃso)	पांसू (pā́ṃsū)	पांसवः (pā́ṃsavaḥ)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kalasha: phāu
- Kashmiri: پَاہ
- Shumashti: [script needed] (pō)
- → Proto-Nuristani:
  - Kamkata-viri: pəŕes
  - Prasuni: puċé, pərċé
  - Waigali: pasilä̃
Pali: paṁsu
Prakrit: 𑀧𑀀𑀲𑀼 (pam̐su), 𑀧𑀸𑀲𑀼 (pāsu)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Awadhi: पाँसि (pā̃si)
    - Gujarati: પાઁસુ (pām̐su)
    - Old Hindi: पाँसु (pām̐su)
      - Hindustani: pā̃s
        Hindi: पाँस
        
        Urdu: پَاںس (pā̃s)
    - Romani:
      - Carpathian Romani: pōši
      - Romano-Greek: pošík
      - Vlax Romani: poš, poši
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Bengali: পাঁস (pãs)
    - Odia: ପାଉଁସ (pāũsa)
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: ފަސް (fas)
    - Sinhalese: පස (pasa)
- Western:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Takka Apabhramsa:
      - Punjabi:
        Lahnda: پاہ (pāh)
        Southern Hindko: پا (pā)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pamsu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 452