Where does “पंजा” come from?
पंजा (Hindi) comes from Persian پنجه, from Persian ـه, from Proto-Iranian -akah, from Proto-Iranian -kah, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.
पंजा (Hindi): paw; claw; the hand; group of five
Definitions
- paw; claw; the hand; group of five
Ancestry of “पंजा”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | پنجه | paw; fork; forelock, fringe, bangs |
| 2 | Persian | ـه | Forms the past participle from the past stem |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | -akah | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | -kah | — |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | ka | if |