Etymology

Chenab

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Today it means: a river in Punjab, Pakistan and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the state of Himachal Pradesh in India. Full definition →

Hindi चनाब (canāb) ← Classical Persian چَنَاب (čanāb) ← Urdu چَنَاب (canāb)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kend-
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranian*čandrás
  3. Proto-Indo-Aryan*ćandrás
  4. Sanskritचन्द्र (candra)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-ó-s
  7. Proto-Indo-Iranian*bʰāgás
  8. Sanskritभाग (bhāga)
  9. Sanskritचन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā)
  10. Classical Persianچَنَاب (čanāb)
  11. Urduچَنَاب (canāb)
  12. Classical Persianچَنَاب (čanāb)
  13. Hindiचनाब (canāb)
  14. English todayChenab

Borrowed from Hindustani چَنَاب (canāb) / चनाब (canāb), from Classical Persian چَنَاب (čanāb), ultimately from Sanskrit चन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā).

Words from the same roots

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