Panjab

English

Proper noun

Panjab

  1. Alternative spelling of Punjab
    • 1873, Edward Balfour, Cyclopaedia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial and Scientific, volume 5, page 203:
      The pashms of Rodak, Ladak, Spiti, Rampur, Bashabir are a second class wool, and form the staple export to the shawl manufacturing cities of the Panjab.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi پنجاب (Panjāb), from Persian پنجاب (panj-âb, “[Land of] the Five Rivers”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Panjab m

  1. Punjab (a geographical region of South Asia)
  2. Punjab (a state of India; capital: Chandigarh)
  3. Punjab (a province of Pakistan; capital: Lahore)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Panjab m

  1. Alternative form of Pendjab
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