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Punjabi, Panjabi, n. and a.|pʌnˈdʒɑːbɪ, -ˈdʒɔːbɪ|
Also Penjabi, Punjabee, Punjaubee.
[f. prec. + -i.]
A. n.
a. The Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Punjab.
1801Asiatick Researches VII. 230, I allude to the Penjábí and to the Brij-bhákhá. 1838Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal VII. 711 The Sikhs..carried their hatred..to such an extent as to substitute a vocabulary for their native Punjábî. 1854L. Janvier Dict. Panjábí Lang. p. iv, The character here adopted, and ordinarily used in writing Panjábí, is that known as the Gurmukhí. 1862R. G. Latham Elem. Compar. Philol. 219 The following..gives a rough sketch of the grammatical character of the Punjabi. 1921Outward Bound Feb. 74/1 They spoke only Punjabi, of which at that time I knew but three words. 1950D. Jones Phoneme xvi. 84 Such a language as Panjabi which makes use of essential word-tones. 1964S. K. Chatterji in D. Abercrombie et al. Daniel Jones 409 In a surrounding group of languages like Panjabi (or Eastern Panjabi), Hindki (Western Panjabi or Lahndi),..and the Himalayan dialects.., we have these new substitutes for aspirates. 1979Trans. Philol. Soc. 192 The very mixed character of the language of the Âdi Granth..should not be allowed to obscure the fact that these scriptures provide the best available evidence for Old Panjabi.
b. A native or inhabitant of the Punjab.
1846Hist. Punjab I. ii. 36 In the plains, Patans..are mixed with Jats and Cathis, who compose the bulk of the Punjabis, properly so called. 1878G. Smith Life J. Wilson xvii. 547 Nanuk, the herd-boy, was the Punjabee or Sikh. 1897Daily News 21 Sept. 5/3 The brunt of the attack fell upon the portion of the camp which was held by the 5th Punjabis. 1969Hindu (Weekly Mag.) 3 Aug. p. iii/1 One of the contributory factors enabling the average Punjabi to drink more milk than his counterpart in other States in the country. 1973Guardian 16 Apr. 5/6 Punjabis are noted for their enterprise—and also for meanness.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Punjab.
1810Asiatick Researches XI. 277 Nánac, according to Penjábí authors, admitted the Hindú doctrine of metempsychosis. 1812W. Carey Gram. Punjabee Lang. p. iv, The Punjabee language is confessedly of mixed origin. 1851H. B. Edwardes Year on Punjab Frontier I. 30 When all your fat Punjabee dogs are panting in vain after the hare. 1864Athenæum 5 Nov. 597/1 To keep our regular troops..at a strength more than sufficient to render utterly harmless all the turbulent elements of Punjaubee Society. 1886A. Edwardes Mem. Sir H. B. Edwardes II. 315 Before landing at Calcutta, a true Punjabee welcome met him. 1921Outward Bound May 27/1 Ever since I was a boy..these Punjabi lyrics have kept haunting me. 1948A. Toynbee Civilization on Trial v. 88 The sonorous Panjabi names of stricken fields in the Anglo-Sikh wars. 1968Listener 26 Dec. 844/3 Surely it's absurd to say..that a child of a..Punjabi family living in a Punjabi community, is just as much an English child as your children or mine. 1971Shankar's Weekly (Delhi) 4 Apr. 4/1 It has been the vain task of the Punjabi elite of West Pakistan to hold down a section of Bengalis as their serfs.
Add:[A.] c. (Usu. with lower-case initial.) A kind of loose shirt or tunic worn by Bengalis, esp. on formal occasions; a kurta.
1937H. House I spy with my Little Eye 3 Four rows of men sitting in white punjabis. 1981Statesman 15 June (Note Bk.) 16/3 Special sweets are made for ‘Jamai Sasthi’, there are special advertisements for Santipuri dhoti and punjabis made of ‘garad’. 1985D. Lapierre City of Joy iii. lxx. 403 The presents for the groom's family..were made up of two dhotis, as many vests, and a punjabi, the long tunic that buttons up to the neck and goes down to the knees. |