Pakistan
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu پاکستان (pākistān, “Land of the Holy”), from پاک (pāk, “pure, holy, immaculate, chaste, undefiled”) and Classical Persian ـستان (-stān,-istān, “-stan”) (with the form -istān being used after consonants). The word was coined by Pakistani politician Chuhdary Rahmat Ali in 1933, who published it in the pamphlet Now or Never as an acronym of the names of the "Muslim homelands" of western India—Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and Balochistan.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpɑːkɪˈstɑːn/, /ˌpækɪˈstɑːn/, /ˌpækɪˈstæn/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌpɑːkɪˈstɑːn/, /ˈpækɪˌstæn/, /ˌpækɪˈstæn/
Audio (US); /ˈpækɪˌstæn/: (file) Audio (US); /ˈpɑːkɪˌstɑːn/: (file) - (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpækəˌstæn/, /ˈpækəˌstaːn/
Proper noun
Pakistan
- A country in South Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Capital: Islamabad.
Derived terms
Translations
country in South Asia
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See also
- Countries of the world
- (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
- East Pakistan, West Pakistan
Further reading
Pakistan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Pakistan on Wikiquote.Wikiquote 
Pakistan on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage 
Category:Pakistan on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Azerbaijani
| Cyrillic | Пакистан | |
|---|---|---|
| Abjad | پاکستان | |
Proper noun
Pakistan
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Declension
| Declension of Pakistan | ||||||||
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| singular | plural | |||||||
| nominative | Pakistan |
Pakistanlar | ||||||
| definite accusative | Pakistanı |
Pakistanları | ||||||
| dative | Pakistana |
Pakistanlara | ||||||
| locative | Pakistanda |
Pakistanlarda | ||||||
| ablative | Pakistandan |
Pakistanlardan | ||||||
| definite genitive | Pakistanın |
Pakistanların | ||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- Pakistan on the Azerbaijani Wikipedia.Wikipedia az
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pakistan m
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Pakistan on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ca
Crimean Tatar
Proper noun
Pakistan
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Danish
Proper noun
Pakistan
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Related terms
Further reading
- Pakistan on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Faroese
Etymology
From Urdu and Persian پاکستان (literally “Land of the Pure”), from پاک (pak, “pure, holy, immaculate, chaste, undefiled”) and Persian ـستان (-estân, “-stan”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pakistan n
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pakistan
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Declension
| Inflection of Pakistan (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Pakistan | — | |
| genitive | Pakistanin | — | |
| partitive | Pakistania | — | |
| illative | Pakistaniin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Pakistan | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Pakistan | — |
| gen. | Pakistanin | ||
| genitive | Pakistanin | — | |
| partitive | Pakistania | — | |
| inessive | Pakistanissa | — | |
| elative | Pakistanista | — | |
| illative | Pakistaniin | — | |
| adessive | Pakistanilla | — | |
| ablative | Pakistanilta | — | |
| allative | Pakistanille | — | |
| essive | Pakistanina | — | |
| translative | Pakistaniksi | — | |
| abessive | Pakistanitta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pakistan m
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Derived terms
See also
- (countries of Asia) pays d’Asie; Afghanistan, Arabie saoudite, Arménie, Azerbaïdjan, Bahreïn, Bangladesh, Bhoutan, Birmanie, Brunei, Cambodge, Chine, Chypre, Corée du Nord, Corée du Sud, Émirats arabes unis, Géorgie, Inde, Indonésie, Iran, Irak, Israël, Japon, Jordanie, Kazakhstan, Kirghizistan, Koweït, Laos, Liban, Malaisie, Maldives, Mongolie, Népal, Oman, Ouzbékistan, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russie, Singapour, Sri Lanka, Syrie, Tadjikistan, Thaïlande, Timor oriental, Turquie, Turkménistan, Vietnam, Yémen (Category: fr:Countries in Asia)
Gagauz
Proper noun
Pakistan
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pakistan n (proper noun, genitive Pakistans or (optionally with an article) Pakistan, plural (rare) Pakistan)
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “Pakistan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hausa
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pākistàn f
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Italian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pakistan m
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Pakistan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Maltese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Il-Pakistan m
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia; official name: Repubblika Iżlamika tal-Pakistan)
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Pakistan
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Related terms
- pakistaner
- pakistansk
- pakkis (offensive)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Pakistan
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Related terms
Polish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pakistan m
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Declension
Declension of Pakistan
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Pakistan |
| genitive | Pakistanu |
| dative | Pakistanowi |
| accusative | Pakistan |
| instrumental | Pakistanem |
| locative | Pakistanie |
| vocative | Pakistanie |
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
Further reading
- Pakistan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Pakistan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scots
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
Pakistan
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pȁkistān m (Cyrillic spelling Па̏киста̄н)
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Declension
Declension of Pakistan
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Pakistan |
| genitive | Pakistana |
| dative | Pakistanu |
| accusative | Pakistan |
| vocative | Pakistane |
| locative | Pakistanu |
| instrumental | Pakistanom |
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pakistan m inan (genitive singular Pakistanu, declension pattern of dub)
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
References
- “Pakistan”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Swahili
Proper noun
Pakistan
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
- Synonym: Pakistani
Swedish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pakistan n (genitive Pakistans)
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Related terms
References
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English Pakistan, from Urdu پاکستان (pākistān).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈpakistan/
- Rhymes: -akistan
- Syllabification: Pa‧kis‧tan
Proper noun
Pákistán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔)
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Further reading
- “Pakistan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Tatar
Proper noun
Pakistan
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Declension
declension of Pakistan
| Nominative | Pakistan |
|---|---|
| Genitive | Pakistannıñ |
| Dative | Pakistanga |
| Accusative | Pakistannı |
| Locative | Pakistanda |
| Ablative | Pakistandan |
Turkish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Pakistan
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Pakistan | - |
| definite accusative | Pakistan'ı | - |
| dative | Pakistan'a | - |
| locative | Pakistan'da | - |
| ablative | Pakistan'dan | - |
| genitive | Pakistan'ın | - |
possessive of Pakistan
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Pakistan'ım | Pakistanlarım / Pakistan'larım |
| senin (your) | Pakistan'ın | Pakistanların / Pakistan'ların |
| onun (his/her/its) | Pakistan'ı | Pakistanları / Pakistan'ları |
| bizim (our) | Pakistan'ımız | Pakistanlarımız / Pakistan'larımız |
| sizin (your) | Pakistan'ınız | Pakistanlarınız / Pakistan'larınız |
| onların (their) | Pakistan'ı / Pakistanları / Pakistan'ları | Pakistanları / Pakistan'ları |
Derived terms
See also
- (countries of Asia) Asya ülkesi; Afganistan, Azerbaycan, Bahreyn, Bangladeş, Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri, Bruney, Butan, Çin, Doğu Timor, Endonezya, Ermenistan, Filistin, Filipinler, Güney Kore, Gürcistan, Hindistan, Irak, İran, İsrail, Japonya, Kamboçya, Katar, Kazakistan, Kıbrıs, Kuveyt, Kuzey Kore, Kırgızistan, Laos, Lübnan, Maldivler, Malezya, Mısır, Moğolistan, Myanmar, Nepal, Özbekistan, Pakistan, Rusya, Singapur, Sri Lanka, Suriye, Suudi Arabistan, Tacikistan, Tayland, Tayvan, Türkiye, Türkmenistan, Umman, Ürdün, Vietnam, Yemen