Punjab

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 (pañjāb) / پنجاب‎ (Panjāb), from Persian پنجاب‎ (panj-âb, “[Land of] the Five Rivers”), from پنج‎ (panj, “five”) and آب‎ (âb, “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

• (India) IPA^(key): /pə̃.ˈdʒaːb/, /pan.ˈdʒaːb/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pʊnˈdʒæb/, /pʌnˈdʒɑːb/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Proper noun

Punjab

1. 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.
2. A state in northern India which has union territory Chandigarh as its capital; its biggest city is Ludhiana.
3. A province in Pakistan which has Lahore as its capital.

Derived terms

• Punjabi

Translations

geographical region in South Asia

Arabic: اَلْبَنْجَاب‎ m (al-banjāb) Hijazi Arabic: البنجاب‎ f (albanjāb), الپنجاب‎ f (alpanjāb) Armenian: Փենջաբ (Pʿenǰab) Assamese: পঞ্জাৱ (poñzaw) Bengali: পাঞ্জাব (bn) (pañjab), পঞ্চনদী (pôñcônôdī), পঞ্জাব (pôñjab) 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: Mandarin: 旁遮普 (zh) (Pángzhēpǔ) Czech: Paňdžáb m Dhivehi: ޕަންޖާބު‎ (pan̊jābu) Finnish: Punjab (fi), Pandžab French: Penjab (fr) m, Pendjab (fr) m Georgian: პენჯაბი (ṗenǯabi) German: Pandjab 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) Oriya: ପଞ୍ଜାବ (pôñjabô), ପଞ୍ଚ ନଦ (or) (pôñcô nôdô), ପଞ୍ଜାବ୍ (or) (pôñjab) 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) 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, 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

1. “Punjab”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
2. (please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 12 May 2019, archived from the original on 2018-12-01
3. Macdonell, Arthur Anthony. A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout. London: Oxford University Press, 1929.