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famine meaning in Punjabi

ਅਕਾਲ

/ˈfæm.ɪn/US/ˈfæm.ən/

famine in Punjabi: ਅਕਾਲ. In English, famine means extreme shortage of food in a region.

Punjabi words for famine

ਅਕਾਲ

English meaning of famine

  1. noun Extreme shortage of food in a region.
  2. noun A period of extreme shortage of food in a region.
  3. noun Starvation or malnutrition.
  4. noun Severe shortage or lack of something.

Full definition of famine

famine in a sentence

  • the Lancashire Cotton Famine

Synonyms of famine

famine in other languages

Questions about famine in Punjabi

What is the meaning of famine in Punjabi?
Famine in Punjabi is ਅਕਾਲ.
famine ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ?
Famine: ਅਕਾਲ.
What does famine mean in English?
Famine means extreme shortage of food in a region.

Source and license

Punjabi words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “famine”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: famine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Punjabi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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