پاکستان

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Baluchi

Proper noun

پاکستان (pākestān)

  1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

Central Kurdish

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Proper noun

پاکستان (pakistan)

  1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

Pashto

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

پاکستان (pâkistânm

  1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

Persian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? pākistān
Dari reading? pākistān
Iranian reading? pâkestân
Tajik reading? pokiston

Proper noun

Dari پاکستان
Iranian Persian
Tajik Покистон

پاکستان (pâkestân)

  1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

Derived terms

Punjabi

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Proper noun

پاکستان (pākistān? (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ)

  1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

Urdu

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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

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pɑː.kɪs.t̪ɑːn/
  • Audio (Pakistan):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːn
  • Hyphenation: پا‧کِسْ‧تان

Proper noun

پاکِسْتان (pākistānm (Hindi spelling पाकिस्तान)

  1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

Descendants

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