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Punjab|ˈpʌndʒɑːb, -dʒɔːb|
Also Punjaub.
[Hindi Panjāb, f. Pers. panj five + āb water (see below).]
The name of an extensive region of the Indian sub-continent, so called from its five rivers, now divided between India and Pakistan, used attrib. of its products. Punjab head: see quot. 1949.
1907Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 205/2 Punjab Baskets. Nest of 6 baskets, complete—3/0. 1910Practitioner Jan. 18 When a man begins to worry it is time for him to go home, and that applies if he suffers from the so-called Aden or Burma or Punjaub or Madras head. 1949Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 3) (Addenda) 1145/2 Punjab head, have a, to be forgetful; Punjab head, forgetfulness. |