How to Say "Billion" in Punjabi

ਅਰਬ

arab/ə.ɾə.b/

The English word "billion" is translated into Punjabi as ਅਰਬ (arab).

ਅਰਬ is a numerical term used to represent one thousand million (1,000,000,000).

Meaning: a thousand million (1,000,000,000), a milliard (num)

Is it said differently in some regions?

In parts of Pakistani Punjab, the word ارب is used for billion.

The word is pronounced as /ə.ɾə.b/.

The word ਅਰਬ is shared with the word for the region of 'Arabia', creating a linguistic overlap between a massive number and a geographical location.
The Punjabi word ਅਰਬ is not actually a native Indo-Aryan number, but was borrowed from Arabic via Persian.
In the South Asian numbering system, people often skip the word 'billion' entirely and use a different scale based on 'lakh' and 'crore'.

ਉਸ ਕੋਲ ਇੱਕ ਅਰਬ ਰੁਪਏ ਹਨ।
Us kol ik arab rupaye han.
He has one billion rupees.
ਇਸ ਯੋਜਨਾ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਅਰਬ ਡਾਲਰ ਚਾਹੀਦੇ ਹਨ।
Is yojna layi ik arab dollar chahide han.
One billion dollars are needed for this project.

Aman and Manpreet are discussing a large government budget.

ਅਮਨ Aman

ਕੀ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਪਤਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਬਜਟ ਕਿੰਨਾ ਹੈ?
Ki tuhanu pata hai ki budget kinna hai?
Do you know how much the budget is?
ਮਨਪ੍ਰੀਤ Manpreet

ਹਾਂ, ਇਹ ਇੱਕ ਅਰਬ ਰੁਪਏ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਹੈ।
Han, eh ik arab rupaye ton vadh hai.
Yes, it is more than one billion rupees.
ਅਮਨ Aman

ਇਹ ਤਾਂ ਬਹੁਤ ਵੱਡੀ ਰਕਮ ਹੈ!
Eh ta bahut vaddi rakam hai!
That is a very large amount!
ਮਨਪ੍ਰੀਤ Manpreet

ਹਾਂ, ਅਮਨ, ਇਹ ਬਹੁਤ ਵੱਡੀ ਰਕਮ ਹੈ।
Han, Aman, eh bahut vaddi rakam hai.
Yes, Aman, it is a very large amount.

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