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Punjab

Punjab

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English

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Punjab region

Punjab is named after five tributaries of the Indus River

Map of the state of Punjab in India

Map of the province of Punjab in Pakistan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬ / پنجاب (pañjāb), from Classical Persian (panjāb, “[Land of] the Five Rivers”), from (panj, “five”) and (āb, “water”), referring to five rivers of the Punjab region:^[1] the Jhelum, the Chenab, the Ravi, the Sutlej and the Beas. The Persian term is a translation of Sanskrit पञ्चनद (pañcanada, “[Land of] the Five Rivers”), from पञ्च (pañca, “five”) and नद (nada, “river”).^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

(South Asia) IPA^(key): /pə̃ˈdʒaːb/, /panˈdʒaːb/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pʌnˈdʒɑːb/
(US, hyperforeign) IPA^(key): /pʊnˈdʒɑːb/, /ˈpuːn.dʒɑːb/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːb

Proper noun

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.
A state in northern India. Capital: Chandigarh. Largest city: Ludhiana
A province in Pakistan. Capital: Lahore

Derived terms

Punjabi

Translations

geographical region in South Asia

Arabic: اَلْبَنْجَاب m (al-banjāb)
Hijazi Arabic: البنجاب f (albanjāb), الپنجاب f (alpanjāb)
Armenian: Փենջաբ (Pʻenǰab)
Assamese: পঞ্জাৱ (poñzaw)
Bengali: পাঞ্জাব (bn) (panjab)
Bulgarian: Пенджаб (Pendžab)
Burmese: ပန်ဂျပ် (pan-gyap)
Catalan: Panjab
Chakma: please add this translation if you can
Chhattisgarhi: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Cantonese: 頻渣別／频渣别 (pan⁴ zaa¹ bit⁶)

Mandarin: 旁遮普 (zh) (Pángzhēpǔ)

Wu: 旁遮普
Czech: Paňdžáb m
Dhivehi: ޕަންޖާބު (pan̊jābu)
Finnish: Punjab (fi), Pandžab
French: Penjab (fr) m, Pendjab (fr) m
Georgian: პენჯაბი (ṗenǯabi)
German: Pandschab m, Punjab (de) m
Greek: Παντζάμπ (el) n (Pantzámp)
Gujarati: પંજાબ (pañjāb)
Hebrew: פנג׳אב
Hindi: पंजाब (hi) (pañjāb), पञ्जाब (hi) (pañjāb), पंचनद (hi) m (pañcnad), पञ्चनद (hi) m (pañcanad), पांचनद (hi) m (pāñcnad), पाञ्चनद (hi) m (pāñcanad)
Hungarian: Pandzsáb (hu)
Italian: Punjab m, Panjab m, Pangiab m, Pengiab m
Japanese: パンジャーブ州 (Panjābu-shū), パンジャーブ (Panjābu)
Kannada: ಪಂಜಾಬ್ (pañjāb)
Khmer: រដ្ឋភុនចាប (roat pʰuncaap)
Korean: 펀자브 (Peonjabeu), 펀자브 주 (Peonjabeu ju)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: Pengabum, Pentapotamia
Latvian: Pendžāba
Lithuanian: Pandžabas m
Macedonian: Пе́нџаб m (Péndžab)
Malayalam: പഞ്ചാബ് (ml) (pañcābŭ)
Marathi: पंजाब (pañjāb)
Mizo: please add this translation if you can
Nepali: पंजाब (pañjāb)
Odia: ପଞ୍ଜାବ (pañjāba), ପଞ୍ଚ ନଦ (or) (pañca nada), ପଞ୍ଜାବ୍ (or) (pañjāb)
Persian: پنجاب (panjâb)
Polish: Pendżab (pl) m
Portuguese: Pendjab m, Panjabe m, Panjab m, Punjabe m, Penjabe m
Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਬ (pa) (pañjāb)
Rohingya: please add this translation if you can
Russian: Панджа́б m (Pandžáb), Пенджа́б (ru) m (Pendžáb)
Sanskrit: पञ्चनद (sa) m (pañcanada), पाञ्चनद (sa) m (pāñcanada)
Santali: please add this translation if you can
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Панџаб m, Пенџаб m

Roman: Pandžab m, Pendžab m
Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
Sindhi: پنجاب
Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: Punyab m
Swedish: Punjab (sv)
Tamil: பஞ்சாப் (pañcāp)
Tangsa: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: పంజాబ్ (te) (pañjāb)
Thai: รัฐปัญจาบ (rát bpan-jàap), ปัญจาบ (bpan-jàap)
Turkish: Pencap (tr)
Ukrainian: Пенджаб (Pendžab)
Urdu: پنجاب (ur) m (panjāb)
Wancho: please add this translation if you can

See also

(states of India) state of India; Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala／Keralam, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal ^{(Category: en:States of India)}
(provinces and territories of Pakistan) provinces of Pakistan; Azad Kashmir, Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Islamabad Capital Territory, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Jammu Kashmir, Sindh ^{(Category: en:Provinces of Pakistan)}
East Punjab
West Punjab

References

^ “Punjab”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
^ (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], 2019 May 12 (last accessed), archived from the original on 1 December 2018
^ “Macdonell, Arthur Anthony. A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout. London: Oxford University Press, 1929.”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[2], 2018 July 10 (last accessed), archived from the original on 1 December 2018

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