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Punjaubi

Punjaubi is the archaic form 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.

See all 4 meanings of Punjabi

Forms of Punjaubi

pluralPunjaubis

Questions about Punjaubi

What is Punjaubi the archaic form of?
Punjaubi is the archaic form of Punjabi.

Words near Punjaubi in the dictionary

  1. punjam
  2. punjams
  3. Punjaub
  4. Punjaubee
  5. Punjaubees
  6. Punjaubi
  7. Punjaubis
  8. punjee
  9. punjees
  10. punji
  11. punji pit

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Punjaubi (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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