different between bunk vs punjabi

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?ngk, IPA^(key): /b??k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

Sense of sleeping berth possibly from Scottish English bunker (“seat, bench”), origin is uncertain but possibly Scandinavian.Confer Old Swedish bunke (“boards used to protect the cargo of a ship”).See also boarding, flooring and confer bunch.

Noun

bunk (plural bunks)

1. One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.

2. (nautical) A built-in bed on board ship, often erected in tiers one above the other.
3. (military) A cot.
4. (US) A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night.
5. (US, dialect) A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers.

Derived terms

• bunk bed, bunkbed
• bunkhouse
• bunkmate
• bunkspace

Translations

Verb

bunk (third-person singular simple present bunks, present participle bunking, simple past and past participle bunked)

1. To occupy a bunk.

2. To provide a bunk.

Derived terms

• bunk up

Translations

Etymology 2

Shortened from bunkum, a variant of buncombe, from Buncombe County, North Carolina. See bunkum for more.

Noun

bunk (uncountable)

1. (slang) Bunkum; senseless talk, nonsense.

Adjective

bunk (not comparable)

1. (slang) defective, broken, not functioning properly

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:nonsense

Derived terms

• debunk

Translations

Etymology 3

19th century, of uncertain origin; perhaps from previous "to occupy a bunk" meaning, with connotations of a hurried departure, as if on a ship.

Verb

bunk (third-person singular simple present bunks, present participle bunking, simple past and past participle bunked)

1. (Britain) To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually as in 'to bunk off').

2. (dated) To expel from a school.

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “bunk”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
• bunk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• knub

Italian

Adjective

punjabi

1. Punjabi

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• panjabi

Noun

punjabi m, f (plural punjabis)

1. Punjabi (someone from the Punjab)
2. Punjabi (an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Punjab region)

Adjective

punjabi (plural punjabis, comparable)

1. Punjabi (of, pertaining to, descended from the people or culture of the Punjab)
2. Punjabi (relating to or written in the Punjabi language)