पंजा

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pən.d͡ʒɑː/, [pɐ̃n.d͡ʒäː]

Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجه (panja). Doublet of पाँच (pā̃c, “five”).

पंजा • (pañjā) m (Urdu spelling پنجہ)

1. paw; claw
2. the hand

   पंजे में आना ― pañje mẽ ānā ― to come into one's clutch; to be under one's control

• पंजा लड़ाना (pañjā laṛānā, “to arm-wrestle”)

Borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan, whence also Punjabi ਪੰਜਾ (pañjā), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀁𑀘𑀕 (paṃcaga), from Sanskrit पञ्चक (pañcaka, “set of 5”). Cognate with Nepali पन्जा (panjā).

पंजा • (pañjā) m

1. group of five
   1. (card games) a five

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “पंजा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• “पंजा”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “पंजा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पंजा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “पंजा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجه (panja), possibly through Hindi पंजा (pañjā). Doublet of पाँच (pā̃c, “five”).

• IPA^(key): [pʌn̻d͡zä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: पन्जा

पंजा • (pañjā)

1. gloves
2. claw, paw
3. (card games) a five
4. Alternative form of पन्जा [panjā].