پنجاب
Persian
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian): IPA(key): /pand͡ʒɑːb/
- (Dari): IPA(key): /pand͡ʒɒːb/
- (Iranian Persian): IPA(key): /pænd͡ʒɒːb/
- (Tajik): IPA(key): /pand͡ʒɔːb/
Proper noun
Dari | پنجاب |
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Tajik | Панҷоб (Panjob) |
پنجاب • (panjâb)
- Punjab
- The five waters or rivers, namely Sutlej, Rāvi, Chenāb, Jhelam, and Beās.
Derived terms
- پنجابی (panjâbi)
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph. A Comprehensive Persian-English dictionary, including the Arabic words and phrases to be met with in Persian literature. London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1892.
- Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “Punjaub”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 741.
- Macdonell, Arthur Anthony. A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout. London: Oxford University Press, 1929.
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian پنجاب.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pənˈd͡ʒäːb/
Proper noun
پنجاب • (pañjāb) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪੰਜਾਬ)
- 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.
- Babu Rajab Ali, Anokha Rajab Ali compiled by Dr. Atam Hamrahi page 101
- A province of Pakistan.
- A state of India
Derived terms
- پنجابی (pañjābī)
Sindhi
Etymology
From Persian پنجاب (panjâb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [panɟɑːbʊ]
Proper noun
پنجاب (panjābu) m
- Punjab.
- A state of India.
- A province of Pakistan.
See also
- Template:list:states of India/sd
- (administrative units of Pakistan) پاڪستان جا انتظامي ايڪا; آزاد ڪشمير, بلوچستان, گلگت بلتستان, اسلام آباد, خيبر پختونخوا, پنجاب, مقبوضو ڪشمير, سنڌ, (Category: sd:Provinces of Pakistan)
Urdu
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Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجاب (panjāb), from پنج (panj, “five”) and آب (āb, “water”), essentially a calque of Sanskrit पञ्चनद (pañcanada, “five rivers”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pən.d͡ʒɑːb/
- Rhymes: -ɑːb
- Hyphenation: پَنْ‧جاب
Proper noun
پَنْجاب • (panjāb) m (Hindi spelling पंजाब)
- Punjab (a region of South Asia).
- Punjab (a province of Pakistan, Western Punjab; capital: Lahore).
- Punjab (a state of India, Eastern Punjab; capital: Chandigarh).
Derived terms
- پنجابی (panjābī)
See also
- (administrative units of Pakistan) پاکستان کی انتظامی تقسیم (pākistān-kī intizāmī taqsīm); آزاد کشمیر (āzād kaśmīr), بلوچستان (balocistān), گلگت بلتستان (gilgit-baltistān), اسلام آباد وفاقی دارالحکومت (islām-ābād vifāqī dār-alhakūmat), خیبر پختونخوا (xaibar-paxtūnxvā), پنجاب (panjāb), مقبوضہ کشمیر (maqbūzā kaśmīr), سندھ (sindh), (Category: ur:Administrative units of Pakistan)
- (states of India) بھارت کی ریاست (bhārat-kī riyāsat); اَرُوناچل پْرَدیش (arūnācal pradeś), آسام (āsām), آنْدھرا پْرَدیش (āndhrā pradeś), اوڈِیشہ (oḍīśah), اُتَّر پْرَدیش (uttar pradeś), اُتّّر کَھنْڈ (uttar khanḍ), کَرْناٹَک (karnāṭak), کیرَلا (keralā), گُجْرات (gujrāt), گوا (goā), چَھتِّیس گَڑھ (chhattīs gaṛh), جَمُّوں و کَشْمِیر (jammū̃ o kaśmīr), جھارکَھنْڈ (jhārkhanḍ), تامِل ناڈُو (tāmil nāḍū), تِلَن٘گانَہ (tilaṅgānah), تْرِیپُورَہ (trīpūrah), ناگالَینْڈ (nāgālainḍ), پَنْجاب (panjāb), مَغْرِبی بَن٘گال (maġribī baṅgāl), بِہار (bihār), مَنی پُور (manī pūr), مَدْھیَہ پْرَدیش (madhyah pradeś), مَہاراشْٹْرا (mahārāśṭrā), مِیزورَم (mīzoram), میگھالِیَہ (meghāliyah), راجَسْتھان (rājasthān), سِکِّم (sikkim), ہَرِیانَہ (hariyānah), ہِماچَل پْرَدیش (himācal prādeś) (Category: ur:States of India)
References
- “پنجاب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “پنجاب”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.