पंजाब

See also: पंजाबी

Hindi

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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

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

Proper noun

पंजाब • (pañjāb) m (Urdu spelling پَنْجَاب)

1. Punjab, Panjab (a state of India)
2. Punjab, Panjab (a province of Pakistan)
3. Punjab, Panjab (a region of South Asia)

Declension

Declension of पंजाब (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	पंजाब pañjāb
oblique	पंजाब pañjāb
vocative	पंजाब pañjāb

Derived terms

• पंजाबी (pañjābī)

See also

• (states of India) भारत (bhārat) के प्रदेश (pradeś); अरुणाचल प्रदेश (aruṇācal pradeś), आसाम (āsām), आंध्र प्रदेश (āndhra pradeś), उड़ीसा (uṛīsā), उत्तर प्रदेश (uttar pradeś), उत्तराखण्ड (uttarākhaṇḍ), कर्नाटक (karnāṭak), केरलम／केरल (kerlam), गुजरात (gujrāt), गोवा (govā), छत्तीसगढ़ (chattīsgaṛh), जम्मू और कश्मीर (jammū aur kaśmīr), झारखंड (jhārkhaṇḍ), तमिल नाडु (tamil nāḍu), तेलंगाना (telaṅgānā), त्रिपुरा (tripurā), नागालैंड (nāgālaiṇḍ), पंजाब (pañjāb), पश्चिम बंगाल (paścim baṅgāl), बिहार (bihār), मणिपुर (maṇipur), मध्य प्रदेश (madhya pradeś), महाराष्ट्र (mahārāṣṭra), मिज़ोरम (mizoram), मेघालय (meghālay), राजस्थान (rājasthān), सिक्किम (sikkim), हरियाणा (hariyāṇā), हिमाचल प्रदेश (himācal pradeś) ^{(Category: hi:States of India)}

See also

• दोआब (doāb)

Further reading

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “पंजाब”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “पंजाब”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2741
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पंजाब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 587
• Platts, John T. (1884) “پنج”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 270
• “पंजाब”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Marwari

Etymology

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

Proper noun

पंजाब (pañjāb) m

1. 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.)
2. Punjab (a state in northern India)
3. Punjab (a province in Pakistan)

Further reading

• “पंजाब”, in राजस्थानी सबदकोस [rājasthānī sabadkos], charans.org, 2024
• Lalas, Sitaram (2013) “पंजाब”, in राजस्थानी सबद कोस: राजस्थानी-हिन्दी वृहद् कोश [rājasthānī sabad kos: rājasthānī-hindī vŕhad koś] (in Hindi), 2^nd edition, Jodhpur: चौपासनी शिक्षा समिती [caupāsnī śikṣā samitī].