are the punjabis related to the turkish people?

Answer 1

i agree with my friend but what he wants to mean is : punjabians and turks are totally different from each other. no similarities.

Answer 2

It wouldnt be fair to say there is no connection between Turks and Punjabis although Turks, as an ethnically distinguished people from Mid-Asia are from an entirely different background, which still does not rule out the connections. There are some apparent historical ties as well as religious ones. There were various (especially Islamic) Turkish Empires throughout the region (Pakistan, Afganistan and India) such as Ghaznavid Empire and Kara-Khanid Khanate. It is the Turks who converted virtually the whole Islamic Asia (save Persians) to Islam, including the Punjabis, Indians, and other Asian Muslims like Indonesians etc.Turks were politically dominant for centuries over the fertile lands of Southern Asia where the Chinese were losing ground, particularly due to the extreme diversity and lack of union in the region (India-wise) and thanks to the widespread adoption of Islam which brought increasing cultural awareness to some people of the region against other peoples of Hindu and Budist tradition, which in return gave Turks the upper hand. After such existence in the region for centuries, cultures were bound to mix and melt in common, and thus leading to an inevitable cultural and genetical link. So Punjabis are clearly related to Turks although they did not origin from the same point or classified as such, and common words are not a coincidence.

Also, Turks, if they are aware, love Punjabi people as they view them as "true allies/fellows".

Answer 3

The Punjabi people (Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی, also Panjabi people) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group from South Asia. Their region, the Punjab, has been host to some of the oldest civilizations in the world. The Punjabi identity is primarily linguistic, with Punjabis being those whose first language is Punjabi, an Indo-Aryan tongue. In recent times, however, the definition has been broadened to include also emigrants of Punjabi descent who maintain Punjabi cultural traditions, even when they no longer speak the language.

Punjabis are found primarily in the Punjab region of Pakistan and Northern India. In Pakistan, Punjabis comprise the largest ethnic group at roughly 44% of the total population and reside predominantly in the province of Punjab. In India, ethnic Punjabis can be found across the greater Punjab region which now comprises the states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi and the Union Territory of Chandigarh. Besides these, large communities are also found in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir and the states of Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

There are also a number of Punjabi emigrant communities scattered around the world, especially in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Persian Gulf countries, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.

Punjabis are ethnically, linguistically and culturally related to the other Indo-Aryan peoples of South Asia. There are an estimated 120 million Punjabis around the world.

Answer 4

lol nope am a punjabi muslim and i dont think theres any link whats so ever, there are a few words that are punjabi and mean the same in turkish like dukkan meaning shop and hava meaning air but apart from that theres no link

Answer 5

Due to large migration and settling down of Turkic ethnic populations in punjab region, there is a considerable Turkic element in punjabi populations.

Answer 6

No. Punjabis are from India and practice Sikhism.

Answer 7

Yes,they are.They both live on the same planet.

Answer 8

i heard they might be related but can't remember from where or whom, sorry..

Answer 9

No

Answer 10

plz dont insult us like that :-)