Punjab

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Alternative forms

• Panjab

Etymology

Punjab is named after five tributaries of the Indus River

From Persian پنجاب (“Land of the Five Rivers”), from پنج (panj, “five”) and آب (āb, “water”), referring to five rivers of the Punjab region: the Jhelum, the Chenab, the Ravi, the Sutlej and the Beas.

Proper noun

Punjab

Map of Punjab in India

Map of Punjab in Pakistan

1. State in northern India which has Chandigarh as its capital.
2. Province in Pakistan which has Lahore as its capital.

Translations

state in India

Arabic: البنجاب (ar) (al-banjaab) m. Armenian: Փենջաբ (hy) (P’enǰab) Bengali: পাঞ্জাব (bn) (Panjab) Bosnian: Pandžab (bs) m., Pendžab (bs) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 旁遮普邦 (cmn) (Pángzhēpǔ-bāng) Czech: Paňdžáb (cs) m. French: Penjab (fr) m., Pendjab (fr) m. Georgian: პენჯაბი (ka) German: Pandjab (de) Gujarati: પંજાબ (gu) (Pa.njāb) Hebrew: פנג'אב (he) Hindi: पंजाब (hi) (panjāb), पञ्जाब (hi) (panjāb) Japanese: パンジャーブ州 (ja) (Panjābu-shū), パンジャーブ (ja) (Panjābu) Kannada: ಪಂಜಾಬ್ (kn) (pan̄jāb) Korean: 펀자브 (ko) (Peonjabeu), 펀자브 주 (ko) (Peonjabeu ju)

Lithuanian: Pandžabas (lt) m. Macedonian: Пенџаб (mk) (Péndžab) m. Malayalam: പഞ്ചാബ് (ml) (Pa.nčāb) Oriya: ପଞ୍ଜାବ (or) (Pô.njābô) Polish: Pendżab (pl) m. Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਬ (pa) (Pa.njāb) Russian: Панджаб (ru) (Pandžáb) m., Пенджаб (ru) (Pendžáb) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: Панџаб m., Пенџаб m. Roman: Pandžab m., Pendžab m. Spanish: Penjab (es) m. Swedish: Punjab (sv) Tamil: பஞ்சாப் (ta) (Pa.nčāp) Telugu: పంజాబ్ (te) Thai: รัฐปัญจาบ (th) (rát bpan-jàap), ปัญจาบ (th) (bpan-jàap) Urdu: پنجاب (ur) (panjāb)

province in Pakistan

Czech: Paňdžáb (cs) m. Lithuanian: pandžabas (lt) m.

Polish: Pendżab (pl) m.

Derived terms

• Punjabi

See also

• (states of India) state of India; Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal ^{(Category: en:States of India) [edit]}