پنجاب
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Azerbaijani
Proper noun
پنجاب
- Arabic spelling of Pəncab
Chagatai
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجاب (panjāb).
Proper noun
پَنْجاب (transliteration needed)
Descendants
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian پنجاب (panjâb).
Proper noun
پَنْجاب • (Pencâb)
Descendants
- Turkish: Pencap
- → Bulgarian: Пенджаб (Pendžab)
- → French: Pendjab
- → Macedonian: Пенџаб (Pendžab)
- → Polish: Pendżab
- → Portuguese: Pendjab
- → Russian: Пенджа́б (Pendžáb)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
Further reading
- Şemseddin Sami (1889) “پنجاب”, in Kâmûsü'l-A'lâm (in Ottoman Turkish), volume II, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1535
Pashto
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجاب (panjāb).
Proper noun
پَنْجاب • (panjāb)
Derived terms
- پنجابی (panjābi)
Persian
Etymology
Compound of پنج (panj, “five”) + آب (âb, “river”), a calque of Sanskrit पञ्चनद (pañcanada, “ the Five Rivers”), from पञ्च (pañca, “five”) and नद (nada, “river”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
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| Classical reading? | panjāḇ |
| Dari reading? | panjāb |
| Iranian reading? | panjâb |
| Tajik reading? | panjob |
Proper noun
| Dari | پنجاب |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Панҷоб |
پنجاب • (panjâb)
- 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.)
- Punjab (a state in northern India)
- Punjab (a province in Pakistan)
Derived terms
- پنجابی (panjâbi)
Descendants
- → Arabic: الْبَنْجَاب (al-banjāb)
- → Azerbaijani: Pəncab
- → Bashkir: Пәнжаб (Pənjab)
- → Chagatai: پَنْجاب
- → Hindustani:
- → Ottoman Turkish: پَنْجاب (Pencâb)
- → Pashto: پَنْجاب (panjāb)
- → Punjabi:
- → Sindhi: پَنْجابُ (panjābu)
- → Tatar: Пәнҗаб (Päncab)
- → Turkmen: Penjap
References
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “Punjaub”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson , London: John Murray, , page 741.
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجاب (panjāb).
Pronunciation
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 Classical Persian پنجاب (panjāb).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
پنجاب • (panjābu) m
Derived terms
- پنجابي (panjābī)
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, 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
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
- پَنْجابی (panjābī)
See also
- (administrative units of Pakistan) پاکِسْتان کی اِنْتِظامی تَقْسِیم (pākistān kī intizāmī taqsīm); آزاد کَشْمِیر (āzād kaśmīr), بَلوچِسْتان (balocistān), گِلْگِت بَلْتِسْتان (gilgit baltistān), اِسْلام آباد وِفاقی دارْاَلْحَکُومَت (islām ābād vifāqī dār-alhakūmat), خَیبَر پَخْتُونْخْوا (xaibar paxtūnxvā), پَنْجاب (panjāb), سِنْدھ (sindh), (Category: ur:Provinces of Pakistan)
- (states of India) ہِنْدُوسْتان کی رِیاسْتیں (hindūstān kī riyāstẽ); اَرُوناچَل پْرَدیش (arūnācal pradeś), آسام (āsām), آنْدْھرا پْرَدیش (āndhrā pradeś), اوڈِیشَہ (oḍīśa), اُتَّر پْرَدیش (uttar pradeś), اُتّّر کَھنْڈ, کَرْناٹَک (karnāṭak), کیرَلا (keralā), گُجْرات (gujrāt), گوا (goā), چَھتِّیس گَڑھ (chattīs gaṛh), جَمُّوں و کَشْمِیر (jammū̃ o kaśmīr), جھارْکَھنْڈ (jhārkhanḍ), تامِل ناڈُو (tāmil nāḍū), تِلَن٘گانَہ (tilaṅgāna), تْرِیپُورَہ (trīpūra), ناگالَینْڈ (nāgālainḍ), پَنْجاب (panjāb), مَغْرِبی بَن٘گال (maġribī baṅgāl), بِہار (bihār), مَنی پُور (manī pūr), مَدْھیَہ پْرَدیش (madhya pradeś), مَہاراشْٹْرا (mahārāśṭrā), مِیزورَم (mīzoram), میگھالِیَہ (meghāliya), راجَسْتھان (rājasthān), سِکِّم (sikkim), ہَرِیانَہ (hariyāna), ہِماچَل پْرَدیش (himācal pradeś) (Category: ur:States of India)