2007-03-06 23:17:25 · 13 answers · asked by angie 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Panj in Punjabi language means "5" and aab means water, here it means river.
So the province of Punjab means, 5 waters or 5 rivers.
This province is the land of 5 rivers, the most agricultural land in India/Pakistan.
Punjabi means the language of the land of 5 rivers.
The names of those 5 rivers are
Biyas, Sutlaj, Ravi, Jehlum and Sindh(Indus).
All these 5 rivers join together at a place in Pakistani part of Punjab, called, Trimu and it becomes the great river of Indus. Indus river in local language is called, Sindh, it becomes to be called its land, another province now in Pakistan, Sindh Province.
Punjabi is among the oldest language in the world, as 7,000 year back Indus Vally civilisation people used to speak this language.
2007-03-07 00:54:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Punjabi means PUNjabi
2007-03-07 12:51:35 · answer #2 · answered by mehta.amit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Punjabi (also Panjabi; ਪੰà¨à¨¾à¨¬à© in GurmukhÄ«, Ù¾ÙØ¬Ø§Ø¨Û in ShÄhmukhÄ«, PañjÄbÄ« in transliteration) is the language of the Punjabi people and the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan.
It is an Indo-European language within the Indic branch of the Indo-Iranian subfamily. Unusually for an Indo-European language, Punjabi is tonal; the tones arose as a reinterpretation of different consonant series in terms of pitch. In terms of morphological complexity, it is an agglutinative language[1] (also very unusual for an Indo-European language, most of which are inflecting) and words are usually ordered 'Subject Object Verb'.
The Punjabi people suffered a split between India and Pakistan during the Partition of 1947. Punjabi is also one of the several languages spoken in the Indian subcontinent.
2007-03-07 10:25:26 · answer #3 · answered by MIthi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
U have asked in languages community so i'll tell u its one of the many thousand languages that spoken in India...
And one of the 16 official languages of India...
Punjabi is also referred for a community of India who live in the proud state of India Punjab...
I guess u're an american..
There are lots of Punjabis in America as well...
2007-03-07 07:30:14 · answer #4 · answered by Harsh Peeush 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
punjab is a state in india. the language spoken is punjabi, also the people from punjab r known as punjabi
2007-03-07 07:35:57 · answer #5 · answered by ng2003 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
punjab is one of the state/province of india. it is also extended to pakistan. the dominant religion in punjab are sikhs. any body(any caste, religion, creed) who are born and brought up in punjab and speak punjabi language as mother tounge are called punjabi's. any thing which is originated here is called punjabi. for example punjabi dress, punjabi food etc.
2007-03-07 07:29:30 · answer #6 · answered by snigdha 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
related to Punjab.
I am Punjabi by birth. I love Punjabi food, Lassi, Kulche, Kudi (Girl), songs etc.
2007-03-07 10:14:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
punjabi means anything which relates or belongs to from the state of punjab, in india. this include people of punjab who speaks punjabi, their food , their wear and dress, and thier lifestyle. punjab is very rich state of india with lowest percentage of people living below poverty line .
2007-03-07 07:27:55 · answer #8 · answered by rajs502 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My Punjabi friend Inderpreet told that punjabis are chamchidak
2007-03-07 07:26:40 · answer #9 · answered by comrade 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
punjabi is a cast of india from punjab.......they speak punjabi and eat punjabi food (yum) and anyways im punjabi
2007-03-07 07:21:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋