Abstract
The study aims at highlighting morphological properties of Persian loanwords in Punjabi with a focus on analysing gender and number marking processes of loan nouns with respect to the processes exercising in Punjabi. Distributed Morphology theory is applied and six groups of masculine noun inflections and five groups of feminine noun inflections of Punjabi are devised. The Persian loan nouns are categorized following the devised groups. The selected data followed five groups of masculine and three feminine loan nouns’ inflection of Punjabi. Groups are shown in tables with examples and further described with a detailed discussion on the properties of loanwords. The study shows similarities and contrast with previous studies. The study is pioneering in the realm of morphology with reference to the application of DM and Persian loanword morphology of Punjabi and offers it as a foundation for further studies.