پنجاب

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

پنجاب

  1. Arabic spelling of Pəncab

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پنجاب (panjâb).

Proper noun

پَنْجاب (transliteration needed)

  1. Punjab

Descendants

  • Uyghur: پەنجاب (penjab)
  • Uzbek: Panjob

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پنجاب (panjâb).

Proper noun

پَنْجاب (Pencâb)

  1. Punjab

Descendants

  • Turkish: Pencap
  • Bulgarian: Пенджаб (Pendžab)
  • French: Pendjab
  • Macedonian: Пенџаб (Pendžab)
  • Polish: Pendżab
  • Portuguese: Pendjab
  • Russian: Пенджа́б (Pendžáb)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

Further reading

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پنجاب (panjâb).

Proper noun

پَنْجاب (panjāb)

  1. Punjab

Derived terms

  • پنجابي (panjābi)

Persian

Etymology

Compound of پنج (panj, five) + آب (âb, river), a calque of Sanskrit पञ्चनद (pañcanada, [Land of] the Five Rivers), from पञ्च (pañca, five) and नद (nada, river).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /panˈd͡ʒɔb/

Proper noun

Dari پنجاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik Панҷоб (Panjob)

پنجاب (panjâb)

  1. Punjab
  2. The five waters or rivers, namely Sutlej, Rāvi, Chenāb, Jhelam, and Beās.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پنجاب.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pənˈd͡ʒäːb/

Proper noun

پنجاب (pañjāb) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪੰਜਾਬ)

  1. Punjab
    • Babu Rajab Ali, Anokha Rajab Ali compiled by Dr. Atam Hamrahi page 101
      پنج دریا اس دیش دے، تاہیؤں کہن پنجاب۔ راوی، ستلج، بیاس جی، جہلم اتے چناب۔
      pañj dariā es desh de, tāhīũ kahiṇ pañjāb. rāvī, satluj, biās jī, jehlam ate chanāb.
      Five rivers of this region, reason it is called Punjab. Ravi, Satluj, Bias, Jhelum and Chenab.
  2. A province of Pakistan.
  3. A state of India

Derived terms

Sindhi

Etymology

From Persian پنجاب (panjâb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [panɟɑːbʊ]

Proper noun

پنجاب (panjābu) m

  1. Punjab.
  2. A state of India.
  3. A province of Pakistan.

Derived terms

  • پنجابي (panjābī)

See also

  • Template:list:states of India/sd
  • (administrative units of Pakistan) پاڪستان جا انتظامي ايڪا; آزاد ڪشمير, بلوچستان, گلگت بلتستان, اسلام آباد, خيبر پختونخوا, پنجاب, مقبوضو ڪشمير, سنڌ, (Category: sd:Provinces of Pakistan)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجاب (panjāb), from پنج (panj, five) and آب (āb, water), essentially a calque of Sanskrit पञ्चनद (pañcanada, five rivers).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

پَنْجاب (panjāb) m (Hindi spelling पंजाब)

  1. Punjab (a region of South Asia).
    1. Punjab (a province of Pakistan, Western Punjab; capital: Lahore).
    2. Punjab (a state of India, Eastern Punjab; capital: Chandigarh).

Derived terms

See also

References

  • پنجاب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • پنجاب”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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