Meanings
adjectivePunjabi (not comparable)
alternative Panjabi · alternative archaic Panjabee · alternative archaic Panjaubee · alternative archaic Punjabee · alternative archaic Punjaubee
- not comparableOf, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language.
proper noun
alternative Panjabi · alternative archaic Panjabee · alternative archaic Panjaubee · alternative archaic Punjabee · alternative archaic Punjaubee
nounPunjabi (plural Punjabis)
plural Punjabis · alternative Panjabi · alternative archaic Panjabee · alternative archaic Panjaubee · alternative archaic Punjabee · alternative archaic Punjaubee
- A resident or descendant of or immigrant from the Punjab.
“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.”
1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 30 - A speaker of the Punjabi language.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe Indic language spoken by people in Pakistan and Punjab
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Origin
- Classical Persianپنجابی
- EnglishPunjabi
Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجابی (panjābī), from پنجاب (panjāb) + ـی (-ī, adjectival suffix). Equivalent to Punjab + -i.
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Arabic بَنْجَابِيّ, بَنْجَابِيَّة
- بَنْجَابِيّ (banjābiyy)of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- بَنْجَابِيَّة (banjabiyya)language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- بَنْجَابِيّ (banjābiyy)resident of or immigrant from the Punjab
- بَنْجَابِيَّة (banjābiyya)resident of or immigrant from the Punjab
Catalan panjabi, panjabi
- panjabiof, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- panjabilanguage spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
Chinese Mandarin 旁遮普的, 旁遮普語 /旁遮普语
- 旁遮普的 (Pángzhēpǔ de)of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- 旁遮普語 /旁遮普语 (Pángzhēpǔyǔ)language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- 旁遮普人 (Pángzhēpǔrén)resident of or immigrant from the Punjab
Czech paňdžábský, paňdžábština
- paňdžábskýof, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- paňdžábštinalanguage spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
Dutch Punjabi, Punjabi
- Punjabiof, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- Punjabilanguage spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- Punjabiresident of or immigrant from the Punjab
Esperanto panĝabano, panĝabanino
- panĝabanoresident of or immigrant from the Punjab
- panĝabaninoresident of or immigrant from the Punjab
Finnish punjabilainen, punjabinkielinen
- punjabilainenof, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- punjabinkielinenof, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- punjabilanguage spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- pandžabilanguage spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- punjabilainenresident of or immigrant from the Punjab
French pendjabi, pendjabi
- pendjabiof, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- pendjabilanguage spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- Pendjabiresident of or immigrant from the Punjab
- Pendjabieresident of or immigrant from the Punjab
German Pandschabi
- Pandschabilanguage spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
Greek Παντζάμπι
- Παντζάμπι (Pantzámpi)language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
Hebrew פנג׳אבי
- פנג׳אביlanguage spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
Hindi पंजाबी, पञ्जाबी
- पंजाबी (pañjābī)of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- पञ्जाबी (pañjābī)of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- पंजाबी (pañjābī)language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- पञ्जाबी (pañjābī)language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- पंजाबी (pañjābī)resident of or immigrant from the Punjab
- पञ्जाबी (pañjābī)resident of or immigrant from the Punjab
Hungarian pandzsábi, pandzsábi
- pandzsábiof, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- pandzsábilanguage spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- pandzsábiresident of or immigrant from the Punjab
Italian punjabi, panjabi
- punjabilanguage spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- panjabilanguage spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
Japanese パンジャーブの, パンジャブの
- パンジャーブの (Panjābu no)of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- パンジャブの (Panjabu no)of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- パンジャーブ語 (Panjābugo)language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- パンジャブ語 (Panjabugo)language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- パンジャーブ人 (Panjābujin)resident of or immigrant from the Punjab
- パンジャブ人 (Panjabujin)resident of or immigrant from the Punjab
Korean 펀자브어
- 펀자브어 (peonjabeueo)language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
Lithuanian pandžabų, pandžabų kalba
- pandžabųof, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- pandžabų kalbalanguage spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
Malay Punjabi, bahasa Punjabi
- Punjabiof, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- bahasa Punjabilanguage spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- orang Punjabiresident of or immigrant from the Punjab
Polish pendżabski, pańdżabi
- pendżabskiof, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- pańdżabilanguage spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- pendżabskilanguage spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- Pendżabczykresident of or immigrant from the Punjab
- Pendżabkaresident of or immigrant from the Punjab
Portuguese panjabi, punjabi
- panjabiof, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- punjabiof, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- panjabilanguage spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- punjabilanguage spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- panjabiresident of or immigrant from the Punjab
- punjabiresident of or immigrant from the Punjab
Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬਣ, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
- ਪੰਜਾਬਣ (pañjābaṇ)of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (pañjābī)language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
Russian пенджа́бский, панджа́бский
- пенджа́бский (pendžábskij)of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- панджа́бский (pandžábskij)of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- пенджа́бский язы́к (pendžábskij jazýk)language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- пенджа́бский (pendžábskij)language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- панджа́бский язы́к (pandžábskij jazýk)language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- панджа́бский (pandžábskij)language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- панджа́би (pandžábi)language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- пенджа́би (pendžábi)language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- пенджа́бец (pendžábec)resident of or immigrant from the Punjab
- пенджа́бка (pendžábka)resident of or immigrant from the Punjab
Spanish panyabí, panyabí
- panyabíof, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- panyabílanguage spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
- panyabíresident of or immigrant from the Punjab
Swahili Kipanjabi
- Kipanjabilanguage spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
Thai ปัญจาบ
- ปัญจาบ (bpan-jàap)language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
Turkish Pencapça
- Pencapçalanguage spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
Ukrainian панджа́бська
- панджа́бська (pandžábsʹka)language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
Urdu پَنْجابی, پَنْجابی
- پَنْجابی (panjābī)of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language
- پَنْجابی (panjābī)language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India
Cite this entry
APA
Punjabi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Punjabi
MLA
“Punjabi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Punjabi. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Punjabi,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Punjabi.
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