Punjab

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Alternative forms

• Panjab
• Panjaub

Etymology

Punjab is named after five tributaries of the Indus River

From Persian پنجاب (panj-âb, “[Land of] the Five Rivers”), from پنج (panj, “five”) and آب (âb, “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-banjāb) m
• Armenian: Փենջաբ (hy) (P’enǰab)
• Assamese: please add this translation if you can
• Bengali: পাঞ্জাব (bn) (Panjab)
• Bulgarian: Пенджаб (bg) (Pendžab)
• Catalan: Panjab (ca)
• Chhattisgarhi: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 旁遮普邦 (cmn) (Pángzhēpǔ-bāng)

• Czech: Paňdžáb (cs) m
• Dhivehi: ޕަންޖާބު (dv)
• French: Penjab (fr) m, Pendjab (fr) m
• Georgian: პენჯაბი (ka) (penǰabi)
• German: Pandjab (de)
• Greek: Παντζάμπ (el) (Pantzámp)
• Gujarati: પંજાબ (gu) (Pãjāb)
• Hebrew: פנג'אב (he)
• Hindi: पंजाब (hi) (pãjāb), पञ्जाब (hi) (panjāb)
• Hungarian: Pandzsáb (hu)
• Japanese: パンジャーブ州 (ja) (Panjābu-shū), パンジャーブ (ja) (Panjābu)
• Kannada: ಪಂಜಾಬ್ (kn) (pan̄jāb)
• Khmer: ​រដ្ឋ​ភុ​ន​ចាប (km) (roat pʰuncaap)
• Korean: 펀자브 (ko) (Peonjabeu), 펀자브 주 (ko) (Peonjabeu ju)

• Latvian: Pendžāba (lv)
• Lithuanian: Pandžabas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Пенџаб (mk) (Péndžab) m
• Malayalam: പഞ്ചാബ് (ml) (Pañcāb)
• Marathi: पंजाब (mr) (paṃjāba)
• Mizo: please add this translation if you can
• Nepali: please add this translation if you can
• Oriya: ପଞ୍ଜାବ (or) (Pôñjābô)
• Persian: پنجاب (fa) (Panjâb)
• Polish: Pendżab (pl) m
• Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਬ (pa) (Pãjāb)
• Russian: Панджаб (ru) (Pandžáb) m, Пенджаб (ru) (Pendžáb) m
• Santali: please add this translation if you can
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Панџаб (sh) m, Пенџаб (sh) m

  Roman: Pandžab (sh) m, Pendžab (sh) m

• Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: Penjab (es) m
• Swedish: Punjab (sv)
• Tamil: பஞ்சாப் (ta) (Pañčāp)
• Telugu: పంజాబ్ (te) (paṅjāb)
• Thai: รัฐปัญจาบ (th) (rát bpan-jàap), ปัญจาบ (th) (bpan-jàap)
• Ukrainian: Пенджаб (uk) (Pendžab)
• Urdu: پنجاب (ur) (panjāb)

province in Pakistan

• Catalan: Panjab (ca)
• Czech: Paňdžáb (cs) m
• Lithuanian: pandžabas (lt) m

• Marathi: पंजाब (mr) (paṃjāba)
• Persian: پنجاب (fa) (Panjâb)
• 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, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal ^{(Category: en:States of India)}