Punjabi

noun

Pun·jabi ˌpən-ˈjä-bē

-ˈja-

: an Indo-Aryan language of the Punjab

: a native or inhabitant of the Punjab region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent

Punjabi adjective

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Officials in Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province of 127 million people, have drafted a letter to the Indian government to open a dialogue on the issue, Punjabi Secretary for Environment and Climate Change Raja Jahangir Anwar said on Monday. —

Sophia Saifi, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024 The projects represent a linguistic mosaic, including Hindi, English, Assamese, Tamil, Marwari, Bengali, Malayalam, Punjabi, Nepali, Marathi, Pahadi, and Cantonese, demonstrating the market’s growing international appeal. —

Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024 The Khalistan movement is banned in India, and its active advocates are mostly the Punjabi diaspora overseas. —

Aakash Hassan, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2024 Lion Pose was founded by Silicon Valley alums Madhu Punjabi and Nisha Phatak, who sought to develop a line suited for diverse skin tones. —

Hannah Malach, WWD, 18 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Punjabi