Punjabi

noun

1
: an Indo-Aryan language of the Punjab
2
: a native or inhabitant of the Punjab region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent
Punjabi adjective

Examples of Punjabi in a Sentence

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Officials in Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province of 127 million people, have drafted a letter to the Indian government to open a dialogue on the issue, Punjabi Secretary for Environment and Climate Change Raja Jahangir Anwar said on Monday. Sophia Saifi, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024 The projects represent a linguistic mosaic, including Hindi, English, Assamese, Tamil, Marwari, Bengali, Malayalam, Punjabi, Nepali, Marathi, Pahadi, and Cantonese, demonstrating the market’s growing international appeal. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024 The Khalistan movement is banned in India, and its active advocates are mostly the Punjabi diaspora overseas. Aakash Hassan, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2024 Lion Pose was founded by Silicon Valley alums Madhu Punjabi and Nisha Phatak, who sought to develop a line suited for diverse skin tones. Hannah Malach, WWD, 18 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Punjabi 

Word History

Etymology

Hindi & Urdu pañjābī, from pañjābī of Punjab, from Persian panjābī, from Panjāb Punjab

First Known Use

1787, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Punjabi was in 1787

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“Punjabi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Punjabi. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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