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پنجاب

  1. Arabic spelling of Pəncab:
    1. Punjab (a geographical region in South Asia, politically divided between India and Pakistan)
    2. Punjab (a state in northern India)
    3. Punjab (a province in Pakistan)

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Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجاب (panjāb).

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پَنْجاب (transliteration needed)

  1. Punjab (a geographical region in South Asia, politically divided between India and Pakistan)
  2. Punjab (a state in northern India)
  3. Punjab (a province in Pakistan)

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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).

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پَنْجاب (Pencâb)

  1. Punjab (a geographical region in South Asia, politically divided between India and Pakistan)

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Pashto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجاب (panjāb).

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پَنْجاب (panjāb)

  1. Punjab (a geographical region in South Asia, politically divided between India and Pakistan)
  2. Punjab (a state in northern India)
  3. Punjab (a province in Pakistan)

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Persian

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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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    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 (a geographical region in South Asia, politically divided between India and Pakistan)
    2. Punjab (a state in northern India)
    3. Punjab (a province in Pakistan)

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    Punjabi

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجاب (panjāb).

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    پنجاب (pañjābm (Gurmukhi spelling ਪੰਜਾਬ)

    1. Punjab (a geographical region in South Asia, politically divided between India and Pakistan)
      • 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. Punjab (a state in northern India)
    3. Punjab (a province in Pakistan)

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    Sindhi

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    Etymology

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    From Classical Persian پنجاب (panjāb).

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    پنجاب (panjābum

    1. Punjab (a geographical region in South Asia, politically divided between India and Pakistan)
    2. Punjab (a state in northern India)
    3. Punjab (a province in Pakistan)

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Classical Persian پَنْجَاب (panjāb).

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      پَنْجاب (panjābm (Hindi spelling पंजाब)

      1. Punjab (a geographical region in South Asia, politically divided between India and Pakistan)
      2. Punjab (a state in northern India)
      3. Punjab (a province in Pakistan)

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      provinces and territories of Pakistan: پاکِسْتان کی اِنْتِظامی تَقْسِیمیں (pākistān kī intizāmī taqsīmẽ)edit
      states of India: ہِنْدُوسْتان کی رِیاسْتیں (hindūstān kī riyāstẽ)edit

      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, 2025.