Where does “Punjabi” come from?
Punjabi (English) comes from Persian پنجابی, from Persian پنجاب, from Persian آب, from Arabic آب, from Classical Syriac ܐܒ, from Aramaic אב, from Akkadian Abum, from Proto-Semitic ʔabw-.
Punjabi (English): Of, pertaining to, descended from the people or...
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to, descended from the people or...
Ancestry of “Punjabi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | پنجابی | Punjabi |
| 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 | — |
| 6 | Aramaic | אב | absolute form of אַבָּא |
| 7 | Akkadian | Abum | — |
| 8 | Proto-Semitic | ʔabw- | father |
| 9 | Proto-Afroasiatic | ʔab- | — |
Words derived from “Punjabi”