पिशङ्ग

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

পিশঙ্গ (Assamese script)
ᬧᬶᬰᬗ᭄ᬕ (Balinese script)
পিশঙ্গ (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰰𑰫𑰒𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀺𑀰𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
ပိၐင်္ဂ (Burmese script)
પિશઙ્ગ (Gujarati script)
ਪਿਸ਼ਙ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑌿𑌶𑌙𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦶꦯꦔ꧀ꦒ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂱𑂬𑂑𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
ಪಿಶಙ್ಗ (Kannada script)
បិឝង្គ (Khmer script)
ປິຨງ຺ຄ (Lao script)
പിശങ്ഗ (Malayalam script)
ᢒᡳᡧᠠᢛᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘱𑘫𑘒𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
ᢒᠢᠱᠠᢊᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧒𑧋𑦲𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐶𑐱𑐒𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
ପିଶଙ୍ଗ (Odia script)
ꢦꢶꢯꢖ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆴𑆯𑆕𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖰𑖫𑖒𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
පිශඞ‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
𑩰𑩑𑩿𑩠 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚮𑚧𑚎𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
பிஶங்க³ (Tamil script)
పిశఙ్గ (Telugu script)
ปิศงฺค (Thai script)
པི་ཤ་ངྒ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒱𑒬𑒓𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑨁𑨮𑨏𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pićángas, from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“to paint, mark, dye”). Compare Old Armenian պիսակ (pisak), a borrowing from Proto-Iranian *picángah.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pi.ɕɐŋ.ɡɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /piˈɕɐŋ.ɡɐ/

Adjective

पिशङ्ग • (piśáṅga)

reddish, reddish-brown or reddish-yellow, tawny

See also

Colors in Sanskrit · रङ्ग (raṅga) (layout · text)
श्वेत (śveta)	श्याम (śyāma)	कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa), काल (kāla)
रोहित (rohita)	कद्रु (kadru), पिशङ्ग (piśaṅga), पिङ्गल (piṅgala)	पिङ्ग (piṅga); पाण्डु (pāṇḍu)
	हरित् (harit)	श्याम (śyāma)
		नील (nīla)
	नीललोहित (nīlalohita)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “पिशङ्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0628.

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