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Punjabis

Punjabis is the plural of Punjabi.

Meaning of Punjabi

Noun

Punjabi (plural Punjabis)

  1. A resident or descendant of or immigrant from the Punjab.
    • “Here are our Punjabis growling because you've monopolized the nicest woman in Simla. They'll tear you to pieces on the Mall, some day, Mr. Yeere.”1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 30
  2. A speaker of the Punjabi language.

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Questions about Punjabis

What is Punjabis the plural of?
Punjabis is the plural of Punjabi.

Words near Punjabis in the dictionary

  1. Punjab
  2. Punjabee
  3. Punjabees
  4. Punjabi
  5. Punjabiness
  6. Punjabis
  7. punjam
  8. punjams
  9. Punjaub
  10. Punjaubee
  11. Punjaubees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Punjabis (page history and authors); Punjabi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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