چناب

See also: جناب, جنات, and حنأت

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

چناب

1. Arabic spelling of Çənab

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)čandrás

Sanskrit चन्द्र (candra)

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰāgás

Sanskrit भाग (bhāga)

Sanskrit चन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā)bor.

Classical Persian چَنَاب (čanāb)bor.

Ottoman Turkish چناب

Borrowed from Classical Persian چَنَاب (čanāb), borrowed from Sanskrit चन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā), from चन्द्र (candra) + भाग (bhāga).

Proper noun

چَناب • (Çenab)

1. Chenab (a river)

Descendants

• Turkish: Çenab

Further reading

• Şemseddin Sami (1891) “چناب”, in Kâmûsü'l-A'lâm (in Ottoman Turkish), volume 3, Constantinople: Mihran, page 279

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)čandrás

Sanskrit चन्द्र (candra)

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰāgás

Sanskrit भाग (bhāga)

Sanskrit चन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā)bor.

Persian چناب

Borrowed from Sanskrit चन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃa.ˈnɑːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰä.nɑ́ːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰä.nɑ́ːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰä.nɑ́ːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰä.nɔ́ːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰæ.nɒ́ːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰä.nɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading?	čanāḇ
Dari reading?	čanāb
Iranian reading?	čanâb
Tajik reading?	čanob

Proper noun

Dari	چناب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Чаноб

چناب • (čanâb)

1. Chenab (a river in Pakistan and India)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Çənab
• → Chagatai: چَناب
  • Uyghur: چەناب (chenab)
  • Uzbek: Chanob
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: चनाब (canāb)

  Urdu: چَناب (canāb)

• → Ottoman Turkish: چَناب (Çenab)
  • Turkish: Çenab
• → Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: ਚਨਾਬ (canāb)
  • Punjabi: چَناب (canāb)
• → Sindhi: چَناب

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چَنَاب (čanāb), borrowed from Sanskrit चन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā), from चन्द्र (candra) + भाग (bhāga).

Proper noun

چَناب • (canāb) ? (Gurmukhi spelling ਚਨਾਬ)

1. Chenab (a river in Pakistan)

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چَنَاب (čanāb), borrowed from Sanskrit चन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā), from चन्द्र (candra) + भाग (bhāga).

Proper noun

چَناب • (transliteration needed) ?

1. Chenab (a river in Pakistan)

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)čandrás

Sanskrit चन्द्र (candra)

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰāgás

Sanskrit भाग (bhāga)

Sanskrit चन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā)bor.

Classical Persian چَنَاب (čanāb)bor.

Urdu چناب

Borrowed from Classical Persian چَنَاب (čanāb), borrowed from Sanskrit चन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā), from चन्द्र (candra) + भाग (bhāga).

Compare Punjabi جَھناں (jhanāṉ) / چَنھاں (canhāṉ) / ਝਨਾਂ (jhanā̃) and Saraiki چَنان٘ہہ (canāṉh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə.nɑːb/
• Rhymes: -ɑːb

Proper noun

چَناب • (canāb) f (Hindi spelling चनाब)

1. Chenab (a river in Punjab, Pakistan and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the state of Himachal Pradesh in India)

Derived terms

• چَناب نَگَر (canāb nagar)

Descendants

• → Arabic: جَنَاب (janāb)
• → English: Chenab

Further reading

• “چناب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.