English
fanam
Fanam comes from Malayalam പണം, and goes back to Sanskrit पण.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEपण
- Malayalammodernപണംpaṇaṁ
- Englishearliest quotation 1811fanam
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEपण
- Malayalammodernപണംpaṇaṁ
- Englishearliest quotation 1811fanam
Earliest quotation: 1811, William Marsden: “It is now reduced to one fanam, or fifty…”
Every English word from Sanskrit पण
Today it means
noun A former currency in southern India.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit पण / fanam