البنجاب
Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian پنجاب (panjâb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.ban.d͡ʒaːb/
Proper noun
الْبَنْجَاب • (al-banjāb) f
- Punjab (a geographical region in South Asia, politically divided between India and Pakistan)
- Punjab (a state in northern India)
- Punjab (a province in Pakistan)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | الْبَنْجَاب al-banjāb |
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| nominative | — | الْبَنْجَابُ al-banjābu |
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| accusative | — | الْبَنْجَابَ al-banjāba |
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| genitive | — | الْبَنْجَابِ al-banjābi |
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Derived terms
- بَنْجَابِيّ (banjābiyy)
Further reading
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “البنجاب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN