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# punjabi

«punjabi» in Mova's school dictionary: **A language spoken in the Punjab region of India and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (Punjabi; Punjabis); adjective (Punjabi)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A language spoken in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan, and by many people in the UK, Canada and elsewhere. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punjabi/#m1)

2) A person from the Punjab region. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punjabi/#m2)

3) adjective Connected with the Punjab, its people, food or culture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punjabi/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In multicultural classes some children speak Punjabi at home; it is one of the most spoken languages in the UK and Canada. Punjabi food (like samosas and naan) and bhangra music are popular. Many Sikhs are Punjabi. Phrases: «speaks Punjabi», «Punjabi food».

### examples

- My friend Harpreet speaks Punjabi at home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punjabi/#x1)
- We learned to count to ten in Punjabi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punjabi/#x2)
- Punjabi is written in two different scripts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punjabi/#x3)
- The restaurant serves Punjabi food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punjabi/#x4)
- Her grandparents are Punjabi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punjabi/#x5)
- Bhangra is lively Punjabi dance music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punjabi/#x6)

### note

A proper noun: always a capital letter, «Punjabi» (the input is lower case only by format). Also spelled «Panjabi». Plural «Punjabis» for people. Written in Gurmukhi script in India and Shahmukhi script in Pakistan.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «punjabi» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/punjabi/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.