پنجاب

Compound of پنج‎ (panj, “five”) +‎ آب‎ (âb, “=river”), a calque of Sanskrit पञ्चनद (pañcanada, “[Land of] the Five Rivers”), from पञ्च (pañca, “five”) and नद (nada, “river”).

• IPA^(key): [pʰænˈd͡ʒɒːb]

پنجاب • (panjâb)

1. Punjab
2. The five waters or rivers, namely Sutlej, Rāvi, Chenāb, Jhelam, and Beās.

• پنجابی‎ (panjâbi)

• Steingass, Francis Joseph. A Comprehensive Persian-English dictionary, including the Arabic words and phrases to be met with in Persian literature. London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1892.

• Yule, Henry, Sir. Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive. New ed. edited by William Crooke, B.A. London: J. Murray, 1903.

• Macdonell, Arthur Anthony. A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout. London: Oxford University Press, 1929.

Borrowed from Persian پنجاب‎.

پنجاب • (pnjāb) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪੰਜਾਬ)

1. • Babu Rajab Ali, Anokha Rajab Ali compiled by Dr. Atam Hamrahi page 101

     ‏پنج دریا اس دیش دے، تاہیؤں کہن پنجاب۔ راوی، ستلج، بیاس جی، جہلم اتے چناب۔‎‎

     pañj dariā es desh de, tāhīũ kahiṇ pañjāb. rāvī, satluj, biās jī, jehlam ate chanāb.

     Five rivers of this region, reason it is called Punjab. Ravi, Satluj, Bias, Jhelum and Chenab.

1. Punjab
2. A state of India.
3. A province of Pakistan.

• پنجابی‎‎ (pañjābī)

پنجاب • (Panjāb) ? (Hindi spelling पंजाब or पञ्जाब)

1. Punjab