Punjabi

See also: punjabi

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Alternative forms

Panjabi
Panjabee, Panjaubee, Punjabee, Punjaubee (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

enPR: pŭn-jä′bi IPA^(key): /pʌnˈd͡ʒɑːbi/
Audio (US): (file)
- (hyperforeign) enPR: po͝on-jä′bi, po͞on-jä′bi IPA^(key): /pʊnˈd͡ʒɑːbi/, /puːnˈdʒɑːbi/

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Particularly: “South Asian”

Adjective

Punjabi (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

Punjabiness

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 (zh) (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) (pañjābi)
Persian:
Dari: پَنْجَابِی (panjābī)

Iranian Persian: پَنْجابی (panjâbi)
Polish: pendżabski (pl) m
Portuguese: panjabi (pt), punjabi (pt)
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜਾਬਣ f (pañjābaṇ)

Shahmukhi: پَنجابَݨ f (panjābaṇ)
Russian: пенджа́бский (pendžábskij), панджа́бский (ru) (pandžábskij)
Spanish: panyabí (es) m or f
Telugu: పంజాబీ (te) (pañjābī)
Urdu: پَنْجابی (ur) (panjābī)

Noun

Punjabi (countable and uncountable, plural Punjabis)

(uncountable) The main language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India.
(countable) Resident or descendant of or immigrant from the Punjab.
- 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 30:
  “Here are our Punjabis growling because you've monopolized the nicest woman in Simla. They'll tear you to pieces on the Mall, some day, Mr. Yeere.”
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 (pʻenǰabi)
Assamese: পঞ্জাবী ভাষা (poñzabi bhaxa)
Baluchi: پنجابی
Brahui: پنجابی
Burushaski: پنجابݵ
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 (el) 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 (it) m, panjabi m
Japanese: パンジャーブ語 (ja) (パンジャーブご, Panjābugo), パンジャブ語 (ja) (パンジャブご, Panjabugo)
Kashmiri: پَنٛجٲبؠ m (panjạ̄b')
Korean: 펀자브어 (peonjabeueo)
Lithuanian: pandžabų kalba f
Malay: bahasa Punjabi
Maltese: Punġabi m
Marathi: पंजाबी f (pañjābī)
Nepali: पञ्जाबी (pañjābī)
Newar: पञ्जाबी (pañjābī)
Norman: Pendgiabi m
Northern Hindko: پنجابی
Odia: ପଞ୍ଜାବି (or) (pañjābi)
Ottoman Turkish: پنجابجە
Pashto: پنجابی
Persian:
Dari: پَنْجَابِی (panjābī)

Iranian Persian: پَنْجابی (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 m (pendžábskij jazýk), пенджа́бский m (pendžábskij), панджа́бский язы́к m (pandžábskij jazýk), панджа́бский (ru) m (pandžábskij), панджа́би (ru) m (pandžábi), пенджа́би m (pendžábi)
Saraiki: پنجابی (skr) (pnjābī)
Sindhi: پنجابي (p̃jābe)
Spanish: panyabí (es) m
Swahili: Kipanjabi
Tajik: панҷобӣ (tg) (panjobi)
Telugu: పంజాబీ (te) (pañjābī)
Thai: ปัญจาบ (bpan-jàap)
Turkish: Pencapça (tr)
Ukrainian: панджа́бська f (pandžábsʹka)
Urdu: پَنْجابی (ur) f (panjābī)

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 (ja) (パンジャーブじん, Panjābujin), パンジャブ人 (ja) (パンジャブじん, Panjabujin)
Malay: orang Punjabi
Marathi: पंजाबी m (pañjābī)
Odia: ପଞ୍ଜାବି (or) (pañjābi)
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:
Roman: 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:
Cyrillic: ^{(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
Walloon: ^{(please verify)} Pundjabi
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} Pwnjabi