پاکستان
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
- IPA(key): /pɑkɪst̪ɑn/
Proper noun
پاکستان • (pâkistân) m
- 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
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /paː.kis.ˈtaːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɑː.kʰɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɒː.kʰʲes.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɔ.kʰis.t̪ʰɔ́n]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | pākistān |
| Dari reading? | pākistān |
| Iranian reading? | pâkestân |
| Tajik reading? | pokiston |
Proper noun
پاکستان • (pākistān / pâkestân) (Tajik spelling Покистон)
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Derived terms
- پاکستانی (pâkestâni)
Punjabi
Proper noun
پاکستان • (pākistān) ? (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ)
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Urdu
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Etymology
Etymology tree
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 • (pākistān) m (Hindi spelling पाकिस्तान)
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Related terms
- پاکستانی (pākistānī, “Pakistani”)
- اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکستان (islāmī jamhūriya-e pākistān, “Islamic Republic of Pakistan”)
- پاک (pāk)
Descendants
- → Arabic: بَاكِسْتَان (bākistān), الْبَاكِسْتَان (al-bākistān)
- → English: Pakistan
- → Hindi: पाकिस्तान (pākistān)
- → Uzbek: Pokiston
- → Latin: Pācistānia, Pākistānia
See also
countries in the Indian subcontinent: بَرِّصَغِیر پاک و ہِنْد (barrisaġīr pāk o hind) (appendix)edit
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