Punjab
English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Urdu پنجاب (Panjāb), 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:[1] the Jhelum, the Chenab, the Ravi, the Sutlej and the Beas. The Persian term is based on Sanskrit पञ्चनद (pañcanada, “[Land of] the Five Rivers”), from पञ्च (pañca, “five”) and नद (nada, “river”).[2][3]
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
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.
- State in northern India which has union territory Chandigarh as its capital; its biggest city is Ludhiana.
- Province in Pakistan which has Lahore as its capital.
Derived terms
Translations
geographical region in South Asia
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See also
- (states of India) state of India; Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala/Keralam, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal (Category: en:States of India)
- East Punjab
- West Punjab
References
- ^ “Punjab”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ Yule, Henry, Sir. Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive. New ed. edited by William Crooke, B.A. London: J. Murray, 1903.
- ^ Macdonell, Arthur Anthony. A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout. London: Oxford University Press, 1929.
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- English terms borrowed from Urdu
- English terms derived from Urdu
- English terms derived from Persian
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
- English 2-syllable words
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
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- en:Provinces of Pakistan