Punjab

English

Punjab is named after five tributaries of the Indus River

Map of the state of Punjab in India

Map of the province of Punjab in Pakistan

Alternative forms

Panjab
Panjaub

Etymology

From Urdu پنجاب‎ (Panjāb), from Persian (panj-âb, “[Land of] the Five Rivers”), from (panj, “five”) and (âb, “water”), referring to five rivers of the Punjab region:^[1] the Jhelum, the Chenab, the Ravi, the Sutlej and the Beas.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pʌnˈdʒɑːb/

Proper noun

Punjab

A geographical region in 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.

Derived terms

Punjabi

Translations

geographical region in South Asia

Arabic: اَلْبَنْجَاب‎‎ m (al-banjāb)
Armenian: Փենջաբ (Pʿenǰab)
Assamese: পঞ্জাৱ (Ponzaβ)
Bengali: পাঞ্জাব (pañjab)
Bulgarian: Пенджаб (Pendžab)
Burmese: ပန်ဂျပ် (pan-gyap)
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), Pandžab
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)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
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 m, Panjabe m, Panjab m, Punjabe m, Penjabe 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
Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: Punyab m
Swedish: Punjab (sv)
Tamil: பஞ்சாப் (pañcāp)
Telugu: పంజాబ్ (te) (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

References

↑ “Punjab”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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