ਬੁਨਿਆਦੀ (Punjabi) comes from Persian بنیادی, from Persian ـی, from Middle Persian -yk', from Old Persian -𐎡𐎣, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -kas, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
ਬੁਨਿਆਦੀ (Punjabi): fundamental, basic, foundational