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Punjabi people
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Punjabis
The
Punjabis
(
Punjabi
:
(
Shahmukhi
)
,
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
(
Gurmukhi
)
;
Hindi
:
पंजाबी
(
Devanagari
)
), also spelt
Panjabis
, are an ethnic group of
Indo-Aryan peoples
, originating from the
Punjab region
, found in
Pakistan
and northern
India
. Punjab literally means the
land of five waters
(
Persian
: panj ("five") āb ("waters"). The name of the region was introduced by the
Turko-Persian
conquerors of
India
and more formally popularized during the
Mughal Empire
. Punjab is often referred to as the
breadbasket
in both Pakistan and India.
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