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پنجاب

  1. Arabic spelling of Pəncab

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Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجاب (panjāb).

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پَنْجاب (transliteration needed)

  1. Punjab

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  • Uyghur: پەنجاب (penjab)
  • Uzbek: Panjob

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Borrowed from Persian پنجاب (panjâb).

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پَنْجاب (Pencâb)

  1. Punjab

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Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجاب (panjāb).

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پَنْجاب (panjāb)

  1. Punjab

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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

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Dari پنجاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik Панҷоб

پنجاب (panjâb)

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

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Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجاب (panjāb).

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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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From Classical Persian پنجاب (panjāb).

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پنجاب (panjābum

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

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Etymology edit

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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  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pən.d͡ʒɑːb/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːb
  • Hyphenation: پَنْ‧جاب

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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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  • 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.