From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pánča.
*pánča
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- Central Iranian:
- Northeastern Iranian:
- Proto-Scythian: *panǰa
- Proto-Sarmatian: *fanǯ
- Proto-Saka-Wakhi: *panǰa
- Proto-Saka: *panja
- Old Khotanese: [script needed] (paṃjsa)
- Late Khotanese: [script needed] (pajsa)
- Tumshuqese: [script needed] (paṃtsi), [script needed] (patsi)
- Wakhi: panʒ
- Sogdo-Bactrian:
- Bactrian: πανζο (panzo)
- Khwarezmian: پنڅ (pnc /*panc/)
- Proto-Sogdic:
- Sogdian: (/panč(u)/)
- Sogdian script: [script needed] (pnc), [script needed] (pncw)
- Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫗𐫝 (pnc), 𐫛𐫗𐫝𐫇 (pncw)
- Syriac script: ܦܢܨ (pnc), ܦܢܨܘ (pncw)
- Yagnobi: панч (panč)
- Southeastern Iranian:
- Ormuri-Parachi:
- Ormuri: پېنڅ (pēnc)
- Parachi: پونچ (pōnč)
- Pashto: پنځه (pinźë́)
- Shughni: пӣнӡ (pīnʒ)
- Yidgha: پانش (pānš)
- Northwestern Iranian:
- Baluchi: پنچ (panč)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: پێنج (pênc /pēnǰ/)
- Northern Kurdish: pênc (/pēnǰ/)
- Proto-Medo-Parthian:
- Caspian:
- Gilaki: پٚنج (pənǰ), پنج (panj)
- Mazanderani: پنج (penǰ)
- Old Median:
- Talysh: (/panǰ/)
- Arabic script: پنج
- Latin script: pənc
- Parthian: (/panǰ/)
- Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫗𐫝 (pnc), 𐫛𐫗𐫋 (pnj)
- → Middle Persian: (/panǰ/)
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (pnc), [Book Pahlavi needed] (HWMŠYA)
- Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫗𐫝 (pnc), 𐫛𐫗𐫋 (pnj)
- Classical Persian: پنج (panj)
- Persian: پنج (panj)
- Tajik: панҷ (panj)
- Zaza-Gorani:
- Gurani: پهنج (penc /panǰ/)
- Kurdish:
- → Central Kurdish: پهنج (penc /panǰ/)
- → Laki: پهنج (penc /panǰ/)
- → Southern Kurdish: پهنج (penc /panǰ/)
- Zazaki: panc (/pānǰ/), ponc (/ponǰ/), panj (/pānž/)
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: *panča
- Middle Persian: (/panč(early), panz(late)/)
- Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫗𐫝 (pnc), 𐫛𐫗𐫉 (pnz)
- Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (pnc), [Book Pahlavi needed] (HWMŠYA)
- Classical Persian: پنچ (panč)
