پاک

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See also: باک, باگ, and تاک

Persian

Etymology

    From Middle Persian (pʾk' /⁠pāk⁠/, “clean, pure, holy”), from Proto-Iranian *pawHākáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pawHākás, from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”). Cognate with Sanskrit पावक (pāvaká, “pure, clean, clear”), Latin purus.

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? pāk
    Dari reading? pāk
    Iranian reading? pâk
    Tajik reading? pok

    Adjective

    Dari پاک
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik пок, тоза

    پاک • (pâk)

    1. clean, pure
    2. innocent, clean-handed, sinless
    3. holy
    4. (dialectal) all
      پاک مردم رفتنه.
    5. (dialectal) every
    6. (dialectal) everyone

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pāk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 64.

    Urdu

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *pewH-
      Classical Persian پَاک (pāk)bor.
      Urdu پاک (pāk)

      Borrowed from Classical Persian پَاک (pāk). First attested in c. 1265 as Old Hindi پاک (pak /⁠pāk⁠/).[1]

      Adjective

      پَاک • (pāk) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling पाक)

      1. clean, pure

      Etymology 2

      Shortening of پَاکِسْتَان (pākistān), itself from پاک (pāk) +‎ ـِسْتَان (-istān).

      Noun

      پَاک • (pāk) m (Hindi spelling पाक)

      1. Clipping of پاکستان.
        پاک فَوج ― pāk fauj ― Pakistan army

      References

      1. ^ “پاک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

      Further reading

      • “پاک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
      • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “پاک”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]

      Ushojo

      Etymology

      From Urdu پاک (pāk).

      Noun

      پاک (pāk)

      1. bright, pure
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