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Pendjab

/pɛn.dʒab/

proper noun/pɛn.dʒab/

Punjab (a geographical region in South Asia, politically divided between India and Pakistan); Punjab (a state in northern India); Punjab (a province in Pakistan)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پَنْجاب (Pencâb), from Persian پنجاب (panjâb), itself a calque of Sanskrit पञ्चनद (pañcanada).