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Baluchi
Proper noun
پاکستان • (pākestān)
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Central Kurdish
Proper noun
پاکستان (pakistan)
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Pashto
Pronunciation
Proper noun
پاکستان • (pâkistân) m
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Persian
Etymology
پاک (pâk, “pure, clean”) + ـستان (-stân).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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pākistān
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Dari reading?
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pākistān
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Iranian reading?
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pâkestân
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Tajik reading?
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pokiston
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Proper noun
Dari
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پاکستان
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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Покистон
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پاکستان • (pâkestân)
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Derived terms
Punjabi
Proper noun
پاکستان • (pākistān) ? (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ)
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Urdu
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
پاکِسْتان • (pākistān) m (Hindi spelling पाकिस्तान)
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
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