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Definition of Punjabi

1. Noun. A member of the majority people of Punjab in northwestern India.

2. Noun. The Indic language spoken by most people in Punjab in northwestern India.

Definition of Punjabi

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

2. Proper noun. The main language spoken in the Punjab region, in Northern India and Eastern Pakistan. ¹

3. Noun. Resident or descendant of or immigrant from the Punjab ¹

4. Noun. A speaker of the Punjabi language ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Punjabi

Punch Punch and Judy Punchinello Punchinelloes Punchinellos Pune Punekar Punic Punic War Punic Wars

Punic apple Punica Punica granatum Punicaceae Punjab Punjabi (current term) Punjabis Punnett square Punnett squares Punta Arenas

Punti Puntland Punycode Pupperware Puppis Purace Puram Purana Puranas Puranic

Literary usage of Punjabi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Punjabi has been enforced by many words borrowed from Persian and Arabic, and is, ... Punjabi again has a number of dialects, fusing into one another, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Punjabi has been enforced by many words borrowed from Persian and Arabic, and is, therefore, an Aryan language belonging to the central group. ..."

3. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1896)
"In the Punjabi, on the other hand, one of these bands is constantly present, and frequently attains a very considerable size. The band in question Posterior ..."

4. From Private to Field-marshal by William Robert Robertson (1921)
"... Pindi—In charge of Regimental Signallers—Acting Station Staff Officer and Secretary of Assault-at-Arms Committee—Pass examinations in Punjabi and Pushtu ..."

5. A Handbook of the Fighting Races of India by P. D. Bonarjee (1899)
"The smaller Mahomedan fighting tribes of the Punjab are often grouped together under the generic term " Punjabi Mahomedan. ..."

6. Life and Work in India: An Account of the Conditions, Methods, Difficulties by Robert Stewart (1896)
"... CONDITIONS Many Tongues in India—The Hindustani—The Punjabi—The Acquisition of Languages—Conditions of Success. INDIA is a country of many languages. ..."

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