पंजाब

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجاب (panjāb, [Land of] the Five Rivers), from پنج (panj, five) and آب (āb, water), which is based on Sanskrit पञ्चनद (pañcanada).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /pən.d͡ʒɑːb/, [pɐ̃n.d͡ʒäːb]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːb

Proper noun

पंजाब • (pañjābm (Urdu spelling پَنْجَاب)

  1. Punjab (a geographical region in South Asia, politically divided between India and Pakistan)
  2. Punjab (a state in northern India)
  3. Punjab (a province in Pakistan)

Declension

Declension of पंजाब (sg-only masc cons-stem)
singular
direct पंजाब
pañjāb
oblique पंजाब
pañjāb
vocative पंजाब
pañjāb

Derived terms

See also

states of India: भारत के प्रदेश (bhārat ke pradeś)edit
union territories of India: भारत के केंद्र शासित प्रदेश (bhārat ke kendra śāsit pradeś)edit
provinces of Pakistan: पाकिस्तान के प्रांत (pākistān ke prānt)edit

See also

Further reading

Marwari

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پَنْجَاب (panjāb, [Land of] the Five Rivers).

Proper noun

पंजाब (pañjābm

  1. Punjab (a geographical region in South Asia, politically divided between India and Pakistan)
  2. Punjab (a state in northern India)
  3. Punjab (a province in Pakistan)

Further reading

  • पंजाब”, in राजस्थानी सबदकोस [rājasthānī sabadkos], charans.org, 2026
  • Lalas, Sitaram (2013), “पंजाब”, in राजस्थानी सबद कोस: राजस्थानी-हिन्दी वृहद् कोश [rājasthānī sabad kos: rājasthānī-hindī vŕhad koś] (in Hindi), 2nd edition, Jodhpur: चौपासनी शिक्षा समिती [caupāsnī śikṣā samitī].