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Punjabi

Punjabi

3 4.6
Relating to the Punjab region, its people, or its culture
  • adjective
  • /pʌnˈdʒɑːbi/
: panyabí
  • The wives cooked chicken curry, roti (bread), and other Punjabi dishes, and dinner guests were frequent.
  • Punjabi immigrants
  • a Punjabi community
  • Punjabi-speaking

But Punjabi music has been existing for years and years and years and Bollywood looks up to Punjabi music.

Examples

  • The restaurant specializes in authentic Punjabi cuisine, offering dishes like butter chicken and dal.

  • At the festival, we enjoyed traditional Punjabi music and dance performances.

  • She's creating some kind of Punjabi feast.

    Open Window (2006)

  • We still have Major Rupee and his brave Punjabi guards.

    Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)

  • The commitment to the new nation was reflected in the Punjabi men's efforts to gain United States citizenship.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Certainly, most Punjabi Mexican Americans now stress the centrality of the American component in their history and experience.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The women were dressed in colorful Punjabi trousers, like Asha and Susheela, wrapped in shawls.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The colorful decorations at the wedding reflected the rich Punjabi culture and traditions.

Compounds

Punjabi language
1 3.7

The language spoken in parts of India and Pakistan

Surface Forms

Punjabi positive

Morphology

Punjabi = Punjab (transparent) = Punjab + i

Adjectival use formed by attaching '-i' to the place name; meaning 'relating to Punjab' is directly derived.

Etymology

Punjabi comes from Punjab, whose parts panj ('five') and ab ('water') mean the 'Land of Five Rivers'. The ending -i means 'of' or 'from', so Punjabi describes anything 'of Punjab', like its people, language, or culture.