pak

pak

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Parakanã.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Parakanã terms

pak (plural paks)

1. (marketing) Alternative form of pack.

• pak pai
• pak tong gou

• APK, KAP, PKA, KPA

Variant of mpak (“to paralyze, to be shocked”) (m +‎ pak).

Connected to pikë (“drop”). Which is used in metaphorical curses (directed at enemies or people that speak out what should've stay unspoken); cf. "të rëntë pika" (optative: 'may the sun spot fall upon to you') - wishing a person paralysis or even worse, immediate death caused by cerebral hemorrhage. Similar to English "drop dead".

pak (aorist paka, participle pakur)

1. to paralyze, pass out, appall, mortify (not being able to see, speak or move)
2. to be shocked (because of bad, devastating news; tragic cases like death of a family member or friend)

   E pakën vuajtjet.

   The sufferings paralyzed (her/him).

• mpak

• kthjell

• pakt (“fainted, unconscious.”) (Gheg) ^[1]

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin paucus (“few, little”).

pak

1. few

pak

1. few, little
2. a little, a bit

   Kuptoj pak shqip.

   I speak a little Albanian.

• cazë

• “pak”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980

Inherited from Old Czech pak, from Proto-Slavic *pakъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpak]

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pak

1. then

• “pak”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pak”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pak”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From Middle Low German pack; same word as pakke (“parcel, package”), which see.

pak

1. (obsolete) (is only found in a few compound words) package
2. scoundrel (bunch of lowlifes)

• (package): pakke

pak

1. imperative of pakke

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• IPA^(key): /pɑk/
• Hyphenation: pak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

From Middle Dutch pac, from Old Dutch *pakko, from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô.

pak n (plural pakken, diminutive pakje n)

1. (usually in the diminutive) package
2. suit (set of clothes)

• (package): pakket

• Afrikaans: pak
• Skepi Creole Dutch: paki
• → Caribbean Javanese: pag
• → French: paquet
  • → Catalan: paquet
  • → German: Paket
    • → Romanian: pachet
    • Russian: пакет (paket)
      • Bulgarian: пакет (paket)
    • Ukrainian: пакет (paket)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: پاكت (paket)
    • Turkish: paket
  • → Persian: پاکت (pâkat)
  • → Sicilian: pachettu
  • → Spanish: paquete
• → Indonesian: pak
• → Papiamentu: paki
• → Sranan Tongo: paki
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: páki
  • → Kari'na: paki

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pak

1. inflection of pakken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• kap

For pronunciation and definitions of pak – see 北 (“north; northern; to be defeated; to fail; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 北).

Clipping of bapak.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaʔ]
• Hyphenation: pak

pak (plural pak-pak)

1. (slightly informal, between two speakers) sir

From Dutch pak, from Middle Dutch pac, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *pakkô. Doublet of paket.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpak]
• Hyphenation: pak

pak

1. package

   Synonym: paket

From Dutch pacht (“lease”), from Middle Dutch pacht, from Old Dutch *paht, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Latin pactum. Doublet of pakta.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpak]
• Hyphenation: pak

pak

1. lease right

   Synonym: pajak

• → Min Nan: 贌 (pa̍k)

• “pak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): [pak]

pak

1. however, nevertheless, but

• IPA^(key): /paːk/

pak

1. second-person singular imperative of paken

• pac, pack, packe, pake, pakke

From Old English *pæcca and/or Middle Dutch pak, packe (from Old Dutch *pakko); both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpak(ə)/

pak (plural pakkes)

1. A bundle or package; a group of items packaged together.
2. A case or pack; a soft container for goods storage.
3. A load; something carried.
4. A group, pack, or lot (of people or animals).

• pacquet
• pakken
• pakkere
• pakkynge

• English: pack
• Scots: pak, pack
• → Irish: paca

• “pak(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 August 2018.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /pak/

pak (Perso-Arabic spelling پک)

1. Co-lexicalized intensifier

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “pak”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[2], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

pak

1. on, upon, over, on top of

• Campbell, L. (1985). The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton De Gruyter. p. 59

• IPA^(key): /ˈpak/

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• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: pak

pak f

1. genitive plural of paka

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pakъ.

• IPA^(key): /pâk/

pȁk (Cyrillic spelling па̏к)

1. however, on the other hand

   Synonym: no

   S druge pak strane, možda je u pravu. ― On the other hand, he might be right.

   To je pak drugačije. ― That's different though.

• “pak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Borrowed from English puck.

pȁk m inan (Cyrillic spelling па̏к)

1. puck

   Pokazao je vrhunsku koordinaciju i zakucao pak u mrežu. ― He showed excellent coordination and put the puck in the net.

• “pak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Clipping of šúpak.

pȁk m anim (Cyrillic spelling па̏к)

1. (vulgar) asshole, anus

   Synonym: šupak

   On je običan pak, jebeš njega. ― He's just an asshole, fuck him.

   Kakav pak. ― What an asshole.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

pak (Cyrillic spelling пак)

1. (Kajkavian) again

   Synonyms: pȍnovo, pȍnōvno, opet

   • 1933, Dragutin Domjanić, Clair-obscur:

     Težko bu ti, znam oditi, pak bu taki dan. Zakaj mora pri nas ziti sunce tak zaran?!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پاك (pak), from Persian پاک (pâk).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpak/

pak

1. pure
2. clean

• “pak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “pak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “pak”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı

• IPA^(key): /pak/

pak (transitive)

1. to fold

• paak

• Yoshida, Shigeto (2009) Diccionario de la conjugación de verbos en el maya yucateco actual (in Spanish), Sendai: Tohoku University, page 61: “PAK”