Pendjab

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پَنْجاب (Pencâb), from Persian پنجاب (panjâb), itself a calque of Sanskrit पञ्चनद (pañcanada).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛn.dʒab/

Proper noun

Pendjab m

1. Punjab

Related terms

• pendjabi
• Pendjabi
• Pendjabie

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Panjab, Penjabe, Panjabe, Punjabe

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پَنْجاب (Pencâb), from Persian پنجاب (panjâb), itself a calque of Sanskrit पञ्चनद (pañcanada).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pẽˈd͡ʒa.bi/, /pẽˈd͡ʒab/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pẽˈd͡ʒa.bi/, /pẽˈd͡ʒab/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pẽˈd͡ʒab/, /pẽˈd͡ʒa.bi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽˈd͡ʒab/ [pẽˈd͡ʒaβ]

Proper noun

Pendjab m

1. Punjab (a traditional region between India and Pakistan)