PUNJAB Definition & Meaning

Punjab

[ puhn-jahb, puhn-jahb ]

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noun

a former province in NW British India: now divided between India and Pakistan.
a state in NW India. 47,456 sq. mi. (122,911 sq. km). : Chandigarh.
a province in NE Pakistan. 19,445 sq. mi. (50,362 sq. km). : Lahore.

Punjab

/ pʌnˈdʒɑːb; ˈpʌndʒɑːb /

noun

(formerly) a province in NW British India: divided between India and Pakistan in 1947
a state of NW India: reorganized in 1966 as a Punjabi-speaking state, a large part forming the new state of Haryana; mainly agricultural. Capital: Chandigarh. Pop: 24 289 296 (2001). Area: 50 255 sq km (19 403 sq miles)
a province of W Pakistan: created in 1947. Capital: Lahore. Pop: 82 710 000 (2003 est). Area: 205 344 sq km (127 595 sq miles)

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Punjab¹

First recorded in 1830–35; from Hindi, Urdu �ʲ��, from Persian panj âb, literally “(land of) five waters, five rivers” (the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej, and Beas, tributaries of the Indus)

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His daughters attended school in Pakistan's Punjab province, but in Afghanistan, girls over the age of 12 are barred from doing so.

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Three seals from Banerjee's excavation bore images and scripts similar to those from Harappa in the Punjab province in present-day Pakistan.

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A series of nine criminal cases were launched against him in Punjab and in Delhi, but last month he was acquitted in the first of those.

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But after years as a small-time producer in Punjab, he realised it wouldn't be enough.

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In their small house in Sultanpur Lodhi, a city in the northern state of Punjab, Gurpreet is now trying to find work to repay the money he owes, and fend for his family.

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punitive damages Punjabi

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