Punjabi
noun
a native or inhabitant of the Punjab.
Punjabis
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pluralof Punjabi.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He said he is hearing Punjabis are now targeted for impromptu English proficiency tests at highway checkpoints and weigh stations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025
For an outsider, this may seem confrontational and provocative - but the music brings together Punjabis who may have "allowed their geographic distance from home to lead to estrangement", the duo add.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2023
In Bakersfield, California, she meets a community of Punjabis who have opened a roadside truck stop, and others who are almond farmers and processors.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2023
The army’s ranks were dominated by ethnic Punjabis and Pashtuns, leaving Gen. Musharraf an outsider even among top officers.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2023
At El Kantara, where a part of General Cox's brigade of Gurkhas, Sikhs, and Punjabis were engaged, there were thirty casualties.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War by Francis Trevelyan Miller
