From Proto-Iranian *pánča, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pánča, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Compare Persian پنج (panj), Ossetian фондз (fonʒ), Pashto پنځه (pindzə), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬗𐬀 (paṇca), Sanskrit पञ्चन् (páñcan).
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