پنجه

Persian

Etymology 1

From پنج (panj, “five”) +‎ ـه (a).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pan.ˈd͡ʒa]

 

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

• (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

Dari	پنجه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	панҷа

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

1. paw
2. (Dari) fork

   Synonym: چنگال (čangâl)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: pəncə
• → Bengali: পাঞ্জা (panja)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: पंजा (pañjā)

  Urdu: پنجہ

• → Ottoman Turkish: پنچه, پنجه (pence)
  • Turkish: pençe
  • → Armenian: փէնչէ (pʻēnčʻē)
  • → Romanian: pingea
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: па̑нџа

    Latin script: pȃndža

  • → Crimean Tatar: panca

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

1. (Transoxianan, obsolete) forelock, fringe, bangs

Southwestern Fars

Noun

پنجه (penja)

1. (anatomy, Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) finger