páñcan pl. (said to be fr. √ 1. pac, to spread out the hand with its five fingers; nom. acc. páñca [[AV. v, 15, 5] pañcá]; instr. °cábhis; dat. abl. °cábhyas; loc. °cásu [Class. also, °cabhis, °cabhyás, °casú cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 179] &c.]; gen. °cānā́m) five, [RV.] &c. &c. (cf. under indriya, kṛṣṭi, carṣaṇi, jana, bhūta, mātra, yajña, svasṛ &c.); sg. N. of [Kathās. xiv.]
[cf. Zd. pañcan; Gk. πέντε, Aeol. πέμπε; Lat. quinque; Lith. penkì; Goth. fimf; Germ. fünf; Angl.Sax. fīf; Eng. five.]