# पश्चिम
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पश्चिम (paścima).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /pəʃ.t͡ʃɪm/, [pɐʃ.t͡ʃɪ̃m]

### Noun

पश्चिम • (paścim) m (Urdu spelling پشچم)
* west

#### Coordinate terms

* (compass points)
| पश्चिमोत्तर (paścimottar) | उत्तर (uttar) | पूर्वोत्तर (pūrvottar) |
| पश्चिम (paścim) | | पूर्व (pūrv) |
| दक्षिण-पश्चिम (dakṣiṇ-paścim) | दक्षिण (dakṣiṇ) | दक्षिण-पूर्व (dakṣiṇ-pūrv) |

#### Derived terms

* पश्चिमी (paścimī)

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पश्चिम (paścima).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pəɕ.t͡ɕim/, [pəɕ.t͡ɕiːm]

### Adjective

पश्चिम • (paścim)
* western
    Synonym: पाश्चिमात्य (pāścimātya)

### Noun

पश्चिम • (paścim) f
* west

### See also

* (compass points) दिशा;
| वायव्य (vāyavya) | उत्तर (uttar) | ईशान्य (īśānya) |
| पश्चिम (paścim) | | पूर्व (pūrva) |
| नैऋत्य (naiŕtya) | दक्षिण (dakṣiṇ) | आग्नेय (āgney) |

### Further reading

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “पश्चिम”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पश्चिम”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

## Nepali
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पश्चिम (paścima).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pʌst͡sim]
* Phonetic Devanagari: पस्चिम्

### Noun

पश्चिम • (paścim)
* west

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পশ্চিম (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬰ᭄ᬘᬶᬫ (Balinese script)
* পশ্চিম (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰫𑰿𑰓𑰰𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀰𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀫 (Brahmi script)
* ပၐ္စိမ (Burmese script)
* પશ્ચિમ (Gujarati script)
* ਪਸ਼੍ਚਿਮ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌮 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦯ꧀ꦕꦶꦩ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂬𑂹𑂒𑂱𑂧 (Kaithi script)
* ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ (Kannada script)
* បឝ្ចិម (Khmer script)
* ປຨ຺ຈິມ (Lao script)
* പശ്ചിമ (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᠠᡧᢜᡳᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘫𑘿𑘓𑘱𑘦 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠠᠱᢋᠢᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧋𑧠𑦳𑧒𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐱𑑂𑐔𑐶𑐩 (Newa script)
* ପଶ୍ଚିମ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢯ꣄ꢗꢶꢪ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆯𑇀𑆖𑆴𑆩 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖫𑖿𑖓𑖰𑖦 (Siddham script)
* පශ‍්චිම (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩿 𑪙𑩡𑩑𑩴 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚧𑚶𑚏𑚮𑚢 (Takri script)
* பஶ்சிம (Tamil script)
* పశ్చిమ (Telugu script)
* ปศฺจิม (Thai script)
* པ་ཤྩི་མ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒬𑓂𑒔𑒱𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨮𑩇𑨣𑨁𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Related to पश्चा (paścā); both from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pasčaH, from Proto-Indo-European *pos-kʷéh₁, from *pós (“afterwards, behind”). Cognate with Latin post (“afterwards, behind”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬗𐬀 (pasca), Old Persian [Term?] (/⁠pasā⁠/).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɐɕ.t͡ɕi.mɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈpɐɕ.t͡ɕi.mɐ/

### Noun

पश्चिम • (paścima) stem, ?
* west, western

### Adjective

पश्चिम • (paścima)
* ancient, old
* western

#### Coordinate terms

* (compass points)
| पश्चिमोत्तर (paścimottara) | उत्तर (uttara) | ईशान (īśāna) |
| पश्चिम (paścima) | | पूर्व (pūrva) |
| दक्षिणपश्चिम (dakṣiṇapaścima) | दक्षिण (dakṣiṇa) | दक्षिणपूर्व (dakṣiṇapūrva) |

#### Descendants

* Prakrit: 𑀧𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀼𑀫 (pacchuma, “hinder, western”)
* Dardic:
** Kashmiri: [script needed] (pachyumü, “the west”)
* Western:
** Shauraseni Prakrit:
*** Punjabi:
**** Gurmukhi script: ਪਛਵਾ (pachvā, “west wind”)
**** Shahmukhi script: پَچوَا (pacoā, “western”)
*** Hindustani:
**** Hindi: पच्वां (pacvā̃)
**** Urdu: پَچوَاں (pacvā̃)
* Southern:
** Elu Prakrit:
*** Sinhalese: පැසිම් (pæsim, “last”), පැසුම් (pæsum, “last, west”)
Borrowed terms
* Dhivehi: ފަކުސަމަ (fakusama, “west, occident”)
* Toba Batak: pastima
* Bengali: পশ্চিম (pościm)
* Gujarati: પશ્ચિમ (paścim)
* Hindi: पश्चिम (paścim)
* Kannada: ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ (paścima)
* Khmer: បស្ចិម (bahcəm)
* Marathi: पश्चिम (paścim)
* Nepali: पश्चिम (paścim)
* Old Javanese: paścima
** > Javanese: ꦥꦿꦕꦶꦩ (pracima), ꦥꦕꦶꦩ (pacima), ꦥꦱ꧀ꦕꦶꦩ (pascima) (inherited)
* Pali: pacchima
* Punjabi: ਪੱਛਮ (paccham)
* Rohingya: fosím
* Telugu: పశ్చిమ (paścima)
* Thai: ประจิม (bprà-jim)