Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

old punjabi

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: old pun-jabi
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An early New Indo-Aryan language, ancestor of modern Punjabi, spoken from c. 1000–1600 CE which is found in many hymns of the Guru Granth Sahib which were written by the first five Sikh Gurus, and in the poems of Fariduddin Ganjshakar.

Example Sentences

"The age of Old Punjabi: up to 1600 A.D. […] It is said that evidence of Old Punjabi can be found in the Granth Sahib."
"As an independent language Punjabi has gone through the following three stages of development: Old Punjabi (10th to 16th century). Medieval Punjabi (16th to 19th century), and Modern Punjabi (19th century to Present)."
"The Adi Granth is written in Old Punjabi language."

Inflected Forms

Old Panjabi (alternative)

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Punjabi terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Punjabi terms

Questions

What does old punjabi mean?: An early New Indo-Aryan language, ancestor of modern Punjabi, spoken from c. 1000–1600 CE which is found in many hymns of the Guru Granth Sahib which were written by the first five Sikh Gurus, and in the poems of Fariduddin Ganjshakar.

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