پاکستان

Baluchi

Proper noun

پاکستان • (pākestān)

  1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

Central Kurdish

Proper noun

پاکستان (pakistan)

  1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

Pashto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑkɪst̪ɑn/

Proper noun

پاکستان • (pâkistânm

  1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɑː.kʰɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [pʰɑː.kʰɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [pʰɔː.kʰis.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

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

Proper noun

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

  1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

Derived terms

Punjabi

Proper noun

پاکستان • (pākistān? (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ)

  1. 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

    • (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

    See also

    countries in the Indian subcontinent: بَرِّصَغِیر پاک و ہِنْد (barrisaġīr pāk o hind) (appendix)edit