The coalescence of the various tribes, castes and the inhabitants of the Punjab region into a broader common "Punjabi" identity initiated from the onset of the 18th century CE. The historical Punjab region (see Partition of Punjab for important historical context) is often referred to as the breadbasket in both India and Pakistan. The name of the region was introduced by the Turko-Persian conquerors of the Indian subcontinent. The term Punjab means the five waters from Persian: panj ("five") and āb ("waters"). They speak Punjabi, a language from the Indo-Aryan language family. The Punjabis ( Punjabi ( Shahmukhi): پنجابی, Punjabi ( Gurmukhi): ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) or the Punjabi people, are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group associated with the Punjab region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent presently divided between Pakistani Punjab and Indian Punjab.
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