پاکستان

پاکستان • (pākestān)

1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

پاکستان (pakistan)

1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

• IPA^(key): /pɑkɪst̪ɑn/

پاکستان • (pâkistân) m

1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

Borrowed from Urdu پَاکِسْتَان (pākistān), itself from پاک (pāk) +‎ ـِستَان (-istān). By surface analysis, پاک +‎ ـِسْتان.

پاکستان • (pākistān / pâkestân) (Tajik spelling Покистон)

1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

• پاکستانی (pākistānī / pâkestâni)

پاکستان • (pāk(i)stān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ)

1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

Coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali as an acronym of Punjab, "Afghania", Kashmir, Sindh and Balochistan. The name is also analyzed as پاک (pāk, “pure”) +‎ ـستان (-stān, “land”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pɑː.kɪs.t̪ɑːn/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Hyphenation: پا‧کِسْ‧تان

پاکِسْتان • (pākistān) m (Hindi spelling पाकिस्तान)

1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

• پاکستانی (pākistānī, “Pakistani”)
• اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکستان (islāmī jamhūriya-e pākistān, “Islamic Republic of Pakistan”)
• پاک (pāk)

• → Arabic: بَاكِسْتَان (bākistān), الْبَاكِسْتَان (al-bākistān)
• → English: Pakistan
• → Hindi: पाकिस्तान (pākistān)
• → Uzbek: Pokiston
• → Latin: Pācistānia, Pākistānia