Question

Punjab’ is combination of two words, ‘Punj’ and ‘Aab’ which means the land of five waters or five rivers. When the Turks came to India, they called the land of these five rivers Punjab in their own language. What was the language of the Turks?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The term Punjab (Persian: پنج‌آب‎) is a compound of two Persian words: panj (پنج‎, 'five'; [pændʒ]) and âb (آب‎, 'water'; [ɒːb]). The word Punjab thus means 'The Land of Five Waters', referring to the rivers Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej, and Beas. All are tributaries of the Indus River, the Sutlej being the largest.