پنجاب

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Azerbaijani

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Proper noun

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پنجاب

  1. Arabic spelling of Pəncab

Chagatai

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجاب (panjāb).

Proper noun

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پَنْجاب (transliteration needed)

  1. Punjab

Descendants

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  • Uyghur: پەنجاب (penjab)
  • Uzbek: Panjob

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian پنجاب (panjâb).

Proper noun

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پَنْجاب (Pencâb)

  1. Punjab

Descendants

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Further reading

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Pashto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجاب (panjāb).

Proper noun

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پَنْجاب (panjāb)

  1. Punjab

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Persian

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Etymology

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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).

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Readings
Classical reading? panjāḇ
Dari reading? panjāb
Iranian reading? panjâb
Tajik reading? panjob

Proper noun

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Dari پنجاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik Панҷоб

پنجاب (panjâb)

  1. Punjab (a geographical region of South Asia, divided (by the Radcliffe Line) between India and Pakistan. Pakistani Punjab includes the (West) Punjab Province and parts of the Islamabad Capital Territory; Indian Punjab includes (East) Punjab State and some other territories.)
  2. Punjab (a state in northern India)
  3. Punjab (a province in Pakistan)

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References

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجاب (panjāb).

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Proper noun

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پنجاب (pañjābm (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

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Sindhi

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Etymology

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From Classical Persian پنجاب (panjāb).

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Proper noun

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پنجاب (panjābum

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

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Urdu

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Etymology

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

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Proper noun

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پَنْجاب (panjābm (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)

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References

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  • پنجاب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • پنجاب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.