Punjabi

See also: punjabi

English

Alternative forms

• Panjabi
• Panjabee, Panjaubee, Punjabee, Punjaubee (all archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجابی‎ (panjābī), from پنجاب‎ (panjāb) + ـی‎ (-ī, adjectival suffix). Equivalent to Punjab +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pŭn-jä'bi IPA^(key): /pʌnˈd͡ʒɑːbi/

• Audio (US)

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  • (hyperforeign) enPR: po͝on-jä'bi IPA^(key): /pʊnˈd͡ʒɑːbi/

Adjective

Punjabi (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language.

Translations

of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language

• Arabic: بَنْجَابِيّ‎ (banjābiyy)
• Catalan: panjabi (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 旁遮普的 (Pángzhēpǔ de)

• Czech: paňdžábský
• Dutch: Punjabi (nl)
• Finnish: punjabilainen, punjabinkielinen (of language)
• French: pendjabi (fr)
• Hindi: पंजाबी (hi) (pañjābī), पञ्जाबी (hi) (pañjābī)
• Hungarian: pandzsábi (hu)
• Japanese: パンジャーブの (Panjābu no), パンジャブの (Panjabu no)
• Kashmiri: پَنٛجٲبؠ‎ m (panjạ̄b')
• Lithuanian: pandžabų m pl
• Malay: Punjabi
• Marathi: पंजाबी (pañjābī)
• Odia: ପଞ୍ଜାବି (or) (pôñjabi)
• Persian: پنجابی‎ (fa) (panjâbi)
• Polish: pendżabski (pl) m
• Portuguese: panjabi (pt), punjabi (pt)
• Punjabi: پَنجابَݨ‎ f (panjābaṇ), ਪੰਜਾਬਣ f (pañjābaṇ)
• Russian: пенджа́бский (pendžábskij)
• Spanish: panyabí (es) m or f
• Telugu: పంజాబీ (te) (pañjābī)
• Urdu: پنجابی‎ (ur) (pañjābī)

Noun

Punjabi (countable and uncountable, plural Punjabis)

1. (uncountable) The main language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India.
2. (countable) Resident or descendant of or immigrant from the Punjab.
3. A speaker of the Punjabi language.

Translations

language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India

• Arabic: بَنْجَابِيَّة‎ f (banjabiyya)
• Armenian: փենջաբի (pʿenǰabi)
• Assamese: পঞ্জাবী ভাষা (poñzabi bhaxa)
• Catalan: panjabi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 旁遮普語／旁遮普语 (zh) (Pángzhēpǔyǔ)

• Czech: paňdžábština f
• Dutch: Punjabi (nl) n
• Finnish: punjabi (fi), pandžabi (fi)
• French: pendjabi (fr) m
• German: Pandschabi (de) n
• Greek: Παντζάμπι n pl (Pantzámpi)
• Gujarati: પંજાબી (gu) f (pañjābī)
• Hebrew: פנג'אבי‎
• Hindi: पंजाबी (hi) f (pañjābī), पञ्जाबी (hi) f (pañjābī)
• Hungarian: pandzsábi (hu)
• Italian: punjabi m, panjabi m
• Japanese: パンジャーブ語 (ja) (Panjābugo), パンジャブ語 (ja) (Panjabugo)
• Kashmiri: پَنٛجٲبؠ‎ m (panjạ̄b')
• Korean: 펀자브어 (Peonjabeu-eo)
• Lithuanian: pandžabų kalba f
• Malay: bahasa Punjabi
• Maltese: Punġabi m
• Marathi: पंजाबी f (pañjābī)
• Nepali: पञ्जाबी (pañjābī)
• Newar: पञ्जाबी (pañjābī)
• Norman: Pendgiabi m
• Odia: ପଞ୍ଜାବି (or) (pôñjabi)
• Persian: زبان پنجابی‎ (zabân-e panjâbi), پنجابی‎ (fa) (panjâbi)
• Polish: pańdżabi n, pendżabski (pl) m
• Portuguese: panjabi (pt) m, punjabi (pt) m
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (pa) f (pañjābī)

  Shahmukhi: پَنْجَابِی‎ f (panjābī)

• Russian: пенджа́бский язы́к (ru) m (pendžábskij jazýk), пенджа́бский m (pendžábskij), панджа́бский язы́к m (pandžábskij jazýk), панджа́бский (ru) m (pandžábskij), панджа́би (ru) m (pandžábi), пенджа́би (pendžábi)
• Spanish: panyabí (es) m
• Telugu: పంజాబీ (te) (pañjābī)
• Thai: ปัญจาบ (bpan-jàap)
• Turkish: Pencapça (tr)
• Urdu: پنجابی‎ (ur) f (pãñjābī)

resident of or immigrant from the Punjab

• Arabic: بَنْجَابِيّ‎ m (banjābiyy), بَنْجَابِيَّة‎ f (banjābiyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 旁遮普人 (Pángzhēpǔrén)

• Dutch: Punjabi (nl) m
• Esperanto: panĝabano (♂♀), panĝabanino (♀)
• Finnish: punjabilainen
• French: Pendjabi (fr) m, Pendjabie f
• Hindi: पंजाबी (hi) (pañjābī), पञ्जाबी (hi) (pañjābī)
• Hungarian: pandzsábi (hu)
• Japanese: パンジャーブ人 (Panjābu jin), パンジャブ人 (Panjabu jin)
• Malay: orang Punjabi
• Marathi: पंजाबी m (pañjābī)
• Odia: ପଞ୍ଜାବି (or) (pôñjabi)
• Polish: Pendżabczyk (pl) m, Pendżabka (pl) f
• Portuguese: panjabi (pt) m or f, punjabi (pt) m or f
• Russian: пенджа́бец (ru) m (pendžábec), пенджа́бка f (pendžábka)
• Serbo-Croatian: Pandžabljanin m, Pandžabac m
• Spanish: panyabí (es) m or f
• Telugu: పంజాబీ (te) (pañjābī)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} Punjabi
• Amharic: ^{(please verify)} ፑንጃቢኛ (punǧabiña)
• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} بَنْجَابِيَّة‎ f (banjabiyya)
• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} пенджабски (pendžabski)
• Greek: ^{(please verify)} Παντζαπικά n pl (Pantzapiká)
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} פונג׳בית‎ (punjabít)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} Punjabi
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} Punjabi
• Moksha: ^{(please verify)} пенжабонь (penžaboń)
• Mongolian: ^{(please verify)} панджаби (pandžabi)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} Punjabi
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} пенџабски m

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} pendžabski m

• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} Kipunjabi
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} Punjabi
• Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} пунджа́бська (pundžábsʹka)
• Walloon: ^{(please verify)} Pundjabi
• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} Pwnjabi

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code pa, ISO 639-3 code pan (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Punjabi, pan ⁠, a macrolanguage including:

• Ethnologue entry for Mirpur Punjabi, pmu ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Western Punjabi, pnb ⁠

Dutch

Etymology

From Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (pañjābī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /punˈdʒaːbi/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

Punjabi (not comparable)

1. Punjabi, of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language.

Noun

Punjabi m (plural Punjabi's, diminutive Punjabietje n)

1. Punjabi (person)

Proper noun

Punjabi n

1. Punjabi (language)