Punjab
English
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
- Panjab
- Panjaub
Etymology
From Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬ / پنجاب (pañjāb), from Classical Persian پَنْجَاب (panjāb, “[Land of] the Five Rivers”), from پَنْج (panj, “five”) and آب (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): /pə̃.ˈdʒaːb/, /pan.ˈdʒaːb/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pʌnˈdʒɑːb/
- (US, hyperforeign) IPA(key): /pʊn.ˈdʒɑːb/, /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 which has union territory Chandigarh as its capital; its biggest city is Ludhiana.
- A province in Pakistan which has Lahore as its capital.
Derived terms
Translations
geographical region in South Asia
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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, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - (Please provide the book title or journal name), 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), 2018 July 10 (last accessed), archived from the original on 1 December 2018
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