Punjabi
/pʊnˈdʒɑː.bi/noun
A person from Punjab or the Indo-Aryan language spoken there.
Did you know?The name comes from Persian and means “five waters,” a geographic label that became the identity of a major people and language of South Asia.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Indo-Iranian
Persian
panj
“five”
Ancient Indo-Iranian
Persian
āb
“water”
Medieval Persian
Persian
Panjāb
“the land of five rivers”
16th-19th Century
Persian/Indo-Aryan
Punjābī
“of or from Punjab; the language and people of Punjab”
Modern English
English
Punjabi
“a person from Punjab or the Punjabi language”
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