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

पां॒सु • (pāṃsú) stem, m

dust, crumbling soil

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of पां॒सु
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पां॒सुः (pāṃsúḥ)	पां॒सू (pāṃsū́)	पां॒सवः॑ (pāṃsávaḥ)
accusative	पां॒सुम् (pāṃsúm)	पां॒सू (pāṃsū́)	पां॒सून् (pāṃsū́n)
instrumental	पां॒सुना॑ (pāṃsúnā) पां॒स्वा¹ (pāṃsvā́¹)	पां॒सुभ्या॑म् (pāṃsúbhyām)	पां॒सुभिः॑ (pāṃsúbhiḥ)
dative	पां॒सवे॑ (pāṃsáve) पां॒स्वे¹ (pāṃsvé¹)	पां॒सुभ्या॑म् (pāṃsúbhyām)	पां॒सुभ्यः॑ (pāṃsúbhyaḥ)
ablative	पां॒सोः (pāṃsóḥ) पां॒स्वः¹ (pāṃsváḥ¹)	पां॒सुभ्या॑म् (pāṃsúbhyām)	पां॒सुभ्यः॑ (pāṃsúbhyaḥ)
genitive	पां॒सोः (pāṃsóḥ) पां॒स्वः¹ (pāṃsváḥ¹)	पां॒स्वोः (pāṃsvóḥ)	पां॒सू॒नाम् (pāṃsūnā́m)
locative	पां॒सौ (pāṃsáu)	पां॒स्वोः (pāṃsvóḥ)	पां॒सुषु॑ (pāṃsúṣu)
vocative	पांसो॑ (pā́ṃso)	पांसू॑ (pā́ṃsū)	पांस॑वः (pā́ṃsavaḥ)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kalasha: phāu
- Kashmiri: پَاہ
- Shumashti: [script needed] (pō)
- → Proto-Nuristani:
  - 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