Meanings
proper noun
alternative Panjab · alternative Panjaub
- A geographical region of 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.
- A state in northern India. Capital: Chandigarh. Largest city: Ludhiana.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hā́ps
- Proto-Iranian*Hā́fš
- Old Persian𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠 (a-p-i-y-a)
- Middle Persianʾp̄
- Classical Persianآب (āb)
- Proto-Indo-European*pénkʷe
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*pánča
- Proto-Iranian*pánča
- Classical Persianپنج
- Sanskritपञ्चनद (pañcanada)
- Classical Persianپَنْجَاب (panjāb)
- Punjabiਪੰਜਾਬ /پنجاب (pañjāb)
- EnglishPunjab
From Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬ / پنجاب (pañjāb), from Classical Persian پَنْجَاب (panjāb, “[Land of] the Five Rivers”), from پَنْج (panj, “five”) and آب (āb, “water”), referring to five rivers of the Punjab region: the Jhelum, the Chenab, the Ravi, the Sutlej and the Beas. The Persian term is a calque of Sanskrit पञ्चनद (pañcanada, “[Land of] the Five Rivers”), from पञ्च (pañca, “five”) and नद (nada, “river”). Related to punch (“beverage made of mixed fruit juice”).
More words from Punjabi, Classical Persian, Sanskrit
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic اَلْبَنْجَاب
- اَلْبَنْجَاب (al-banjāb)geographical region in South Asia
Bengali পাঞ্জাব, পঞ্জাব
- পাঞ্জাব (panjab)geographical region in South Asia
- পঞ্জাব (ponjab)geographical region in South Asia
Bulgarian Пенджаб
- Пенджаб (Pendžab)geographical region in South Asia
Catalan Panjab
- Panjabgeographical region in South Asia
Chinese Mandarin 旁遮普
- 旁遮普 (Pángzhēpǔ)geographical region in South Asia
Czech Paňdžáb
- Paňdžábgeographical region in South Asia
Finnish Punjab, Pandžab
- Punjabgeographical region in South Asia
- Pandžabgeographical region in South Asia
French Penjab, Pendjab
- Penjabgeographical region in South Asia
- Pendjabgeographical region in South Asia
German Pandschab, Punjab
- Pandschabgeographical region in South Asia
- Punjabgeographical region in South Asia
Greek Παντζάμπ
- Παντζάμπ (Pantzámp)geographical region in South Asia
Hebrew פנג׳אב
- פנג׳אבgeographical region in South Asia
Hindi पंजाब, पञ्जाब
- पंजाब (pañjāb)geographical region in South Asia
- पञ्जाब (pañjāb)geographical region in South Asia
- पंचनद (pañcnad)geographical region in South Asia
- पञ्चनद (pañcanad)geographical region in South Asia
- पांचनद (pāñcnad)geographical region in South Asia
- पाञ्चनद (pāñcanad)geographical region in South Asia
Hungarian Pandzsáb
- Pandzsábgeographical region in South Asia
Italian Punjab, Panjab
- Punjabgeographical region in South Asia
- Panjabgeographical region in South Asia
- Pangiabgeographical region in South Asia
- Pengiabgeographical region in South Asia
Japanese パンジャーブ州, パンジャーブ
- パンジャーブ州 (Panjābu-shū)geographical region in South Asia
- パンジャーブ (Panjābu)geographical region in South Asia
Korean 펀자브, 펀자브 주
- 펀자브 (Peonjabeu)geographical region in South Asia
- 펀자브 주 (Peonjabeu ju)geographical region in South Asia
Latin Pengabum, Pentapotamia
- Pengabumgeographical region in South Asia
- Pentapotamiageographical region in South Asia
Latvian Pendžāba
- Pendžābageographical region in South Asia
Lithuanian Pandžabas
- Pandžabasgeographical region in South Asia
Persian پنجاب
- پنجاب (panjâb)geographical region in South Asia
Polish Pendżab
- Pendżabgeographical region in South Asia
Portuguese Pendjab, Panjabe
- Pendjabgeographical region in South Asia
- Panjabegeographical region in South Asia
- Panjabgeographical region in South Asia
- Punjabegeographical region in South Asia
- Penjabegeographical region in South Asia
Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬ
- ਪੰਜਾਬ (pañjāb)geographical region in South Asia
Russian Панджа́б, Пенджа́б
- Панджа́б (Pandžáb)geographical region in South Asia
- Пенджа́б (Pendžáb)geographical region in South Asia
Spanish Punyab
- Punyabgeographical region in South Asia
Swedish Punjab
- Punjabgeographical region in South Asia
Tamil பஞ்சாப்
- பஞ்சாப் (pañcāp)geographical region in South Asia
Thai รัฐปัญจาบ, ปัญจาบ
- รัฐปัญจาบ (rát bpan-jàap)geographical region in South Asia
- ปัญจาบ (bpan-jàap)geographical region in South Asia
Turkish Pencap
- Pencapgeographical region in South Asia
Ukrainian Пенджаб
- Пенджаб (Pendžab)geographical region in South Asia
Urdu پنجاب
- پنجاب (panjāb)geographical region in South Asia
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Punjab
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
Punjab. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Punjab
MLA
“Punjab.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Punjab. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Punjab,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Punjab.
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