Where does “Punjabi” come from?
Punjabi (Dutch) comes from Punjabi پنجابی, from Punjabi پنجاب, from Persian پنجاب, from Persian آب, from Arabic آب, from Classical Syriac ܐܒ, from Aramaic אב, from Akkadian Abum — father.
Punjabi (Dutch): Punjabi, of, pertaining to, descended from the...
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Ancestry of “Punjabi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Punjabi | پنجابی | Punjabi |
| 2 | Punjabi | پنجاب | — |
| 3 | Persian | پنجاب | the Five Rivers |
| 4 | Persian | آب | water; liquid; juice |
| 5 | Arabic | آب | to return, to come back; to repent; to incur,... |
| 6 | Classical Syriac | ܐܒ | August |
| 7 | Aramaic | אב | absolute form of אַבָּא |
| 8 | Akkadian | Abum | Abu, the fifth month of the Babylonian calendar (approximately July-August) |
| 9 | Proto-Semitic | ʔabw- | father |
| 10 | Proto-Afroasiatic | ʔab- | father |