Punjabi

• Panjabi
• Panjabee, Panjaubee, Punjabee, Punjaubee (all archaic)

Borrowed from Classical Persian پنجابی (panjābī), from پنجاب (panjāb) + ـی (-ī, adjectival suffix). Equivalent to Punjab +‎ -i.

• enPR: pŭn-jä'bi IPA^(key): /pʌnˈd͡ʒɑːbi/

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  • (hyperforeign) enPR: po͝on-jä'bi, po͞on-jä'bi IPA^(key): /pʊnˈd͡ʒɑːbi/, /puːnˈdʒɑːbi/

Punjabi (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language.

Punjabi (countable and uncountable, plural Punjabis)

1. (uncountable) The main language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India.
2. (countable) Resident or descendant of or immigrant from the Punjab.
   • 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 30:

     “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.”

3. A speaker of the Punjabi language.

• ISO 639-1 code pa, ISO 639-3 code pan (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Punjabi, pan ⁠, a macrolanguage including:

From Punjabi پنجابی•ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (pañjābī).

• IPA^(key): /punˈdʒaːbi/

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Punjabi (not comparable)

1. Punjabi, of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab, or written in the Punjabi language

Punjabi m (plural Punjabi's, diminutive Punjabietje n)

1. Punjabi (person)

Punjabi n

1. Punjabi (language)