Where does “Пенджаб” come from?
Пенджаб (Bulgarian) comes from Ottoman Turkish پَنْجاب, from Persian پنجاب, from Persian آب, from Arabic آب, from Classical Syriac ܐܒ, from Aramaic אב, from Akkadian Abum, from Proto-Semitic ʔabw- — father.
Ancestry of “Пенджаб”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | پَنْجاب | — |
| 2 | Persian | پنجاب | the Five Rivers |
| 3 | Persian | آب | water; liquid; juice |
| 4 | Arabic | آب | to return, to come back; to repent; to incur,... |
| 5 | Classical Syriac | ܐܒ | August |
| 6 | Aramaic | אב | absolute form of אַבָּא |
| 7 | Akkadian | Abum | Abu, the fifth month of the Babylonian calendar (approximately July-August) |
| 8 | Proto-Semitic | ʔabw- | father |
| 9 | Proto-Afroasiatic | ʔab- | father |