East Punjab

English

Alternative forms

Panjab
Panjaub

Etymology

Punjab is named after five tributaries of the Indus River

From Persian (panj-âb, “[Land of] the Five Rivers”), from (panj, “five”) and (âb, “water”), referring to five rivers of the Punjab region: the Jhelum, the Chenab, the Ravi, the Sutlej and the Beas.

Proper noun

East Punjab

Map of Punjab in India

State in northern India which has union territory Chandigarh as its capital; its biggest city is Ludhiana.

Derived terms

Punjabi

Translations

state in India

Arabic: اَلْبَنْجَاب‎‎ m (al-banjāb)
Armenian: Փենջաբ (Pʿenǰab)
Assamese: পঞ্জাৱ (poñzaw)
Bengali: পাঞ্জাব (Pañjab)
Bulgarian: Пенджаб (Pendžab)
Catalan: Panjab
Chhattisgarhi: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 旁遮普邦 (zh) (Pángzhēpǔ-bāng)
Czech: Paňdžáb m
Dhivehi: ޕަންޖާބު‎‎ (panjābu)
Finnish: Punjab (fi)
French: Penjab (fr) m, Pendjab m
Georgian: პენჯაბი (ṗenǯabi)
German: Pandjab
Greek: Παντζάμπ (el) (Pantzámp)
Gujarati: પંજાબ (Pañjāb)
Hebrew: פנג'אב‎‎
Hindi: पंजाब (hi) (pañjāb), पञ्जाब (hi) (pañjāb)
Hungarian: Pandzsáb (hu)
Japanese: パンジャーブ州 (Panjābu-shū), パンジャーブ (Panjābu)
Kannada: ಪಂಜಾಬ್ (pañjāb)
Khmer: រដ្ឋភុនចាប (roat pʰuncaap)
Korean: 펀자브 (Peonjabeu), 펀자브 주 (Peonjabeu ju)
Latvian: Pendžāba

Lithuanian: Pandžabas m
Macedonian: Пе́нџаб m (Péndžab)
Malayalam: പഞ്ചാബ് (ml) (pañcābŭ)
Marathi: पंजाब (paṃjāba)
Mizo: please add this translation if you can
Nepali: please add this translation if you can
Oriya: ପଞ୍ଜାବ (Pôñjābô)
Persian: پنجاب‎‎ (Panjâb)
Polish: Pendżab (pl) m
Portuguese: Pendjab Oriental m
Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਬ (pa) (Pañjāb)
Russian: Панджа́б m (Pandžáb), Пенджа́б (ru) m (Pendžáb)
Santali: please add this translation if you can
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Панџаб m, Пенџаб m

Roman: Pandžab m, Pendžab m
Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: Penjab m
Swedish: Punjab (sv)
Tamil: பஞ்சாப் (pañcāp)
Telugu: తూర్పు పంజాబ్ (tūrpu pañjāb)
Thai: รัฐปัญจาบ (rát bpan-jàap), ปัญจาบ (bpan-jàap)
Ukrainian: Пенджаб (Pendžab)
Urdu: پنجاب‎‎ (panjāb)

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, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

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