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Pakistan

See also: Pakistán, Pákistán, and Päkistan
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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *pewH-
Classical Persian پَاک (pāk)bor.
Urdu پَاک (pāk)
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *os
Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam
Middle Persian -stʾn'
Classical Persian ـِسْتَان (-istān)bor.
Urdu ـِسْتان (-istān)
Urdu پاکستان (pākistān)bor.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-der.
Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́ps
Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš
Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠 (a-p-i-y-a)
Middle Persian ʾp̄
Classical Persian آب (āb)
Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe
Proto-Indo-Iranian *pánča
Proto-Iranian *pánča
Classical Persian پنج
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Sanskrit पञ्चनद (pañcanada)calq.
Classical Persian پَنْجَاب (panjāb)bor.
Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬ / پنجاب (pañjāb)bor.
English Punjab
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epóder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂épo
Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápa
Proto-Iranian *Hápa
Bactrian *apāka-
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Bactrian *-āna
Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano)der.
Classical Persian افغانbor.
English Afghan
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -iader.
English -ia
English Afghania
Proto-Indo-European *kes-?
Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaćyápas
Sanskrit कश्यप (kaśyapa)
Proto-Indo-European *mey-?
Proto-Indo-European *mer-?
Proto-Indo-European *móri?
Sanskrit मीर (mīra)
Sanskrit कश्यपमीर (kaśyapamīra)clip.
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Sanskrit कश्यप (kaśyapa)
Proto-Indo-European *mey-?
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Proto-Indo-European *móri?
Sanskrit मेरु (meru)
Sanskrit कश्यपमेरु (kaśyapameru)clip.
Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra)lbor.
Hindi कश्मीर (kaśmīr)bor.
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Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra)bor.
Classical Persian کشمیرbor.
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Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra)lbor.
Urdu کشمیرbor.
English Kashmir
Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš
Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu)slbor.
Urdu سندھbor.
English Sindh
Classical Persian بلوچ
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Classical Persian ـستان
Classical Persian بَلوچِسْتَان (balōčistān)bor.
Urdu بَلوچِسْتان (balocistān)bor.
English Balochistan
English Pakistan

    Borrowed from Urdu پاکستان (pākistān). 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.

    Absent from said acronym (which may possibly be a backronym) is the letter ⟨i⟩, which is sometimes erroneously said to stand for the Indus, but it is in fact epenthetic.

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    Pakistan

    2. A country in South Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Capital: Islamabad.
      • 2008 February 19, John F. Burns, “Britain: Life Sentence in Beheading Plot”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
        Described by witnesses as a keen cricketer and pubgoer until contacts with Islamic militants radicalized him on a trip to Pakistan, he was ordered to serve at least 14 years for the plot, and for supplying militants in Afghanistan with money and equipment.
        (Can we archive this URL?)
      • 2022 June 15, Rhea Mogul, “Pakistanis told to drink less tea as nation grapples with economic crisis”, in CNN‎[2]:
        Sharif at the time said the decision “will save the country precious foreign exchange” and that Pakistan has to “practice austerity.”

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    Azerbaijani

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    Cyrillic Пакистан
    Arabic پاکستان

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    Pakistan (definite accusative Pakistanı)

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

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    Declension of Pakistan
    singular
    nominative Pakistan
    definite accusative Pakistanı
    dative Pakistana
    locative Pakistanda
    ablative Pakistandan
    definite genitive Pakistanın
    Possessive forms of Pakistan
    nominative
    singular
    mənim (“my”) Pakistanım


    sənin (“your”) Pakistanın


    onun (“his/her/its”) Pakistanı


    bizim (“our”) Pakistanımız


    sizin (“your”) Pakistanınız


    onların (“their”) Pakistanı or Pakistanları


    accusative
    singular
    mənim (“my”) Pakistanımı


    sənin (“your”) Pakistanını


    onun (“his/her/its”) Pakistanını


    bizim (“our”) Pakistanımızı


    sizin (“your”) Pakistanınızı


    onların (“their”) Pakistanını or Pakistanlarını


    dative
    singular
    mənim (“my”) Pakistanıma


    sənin (“your”) Pakistanına


    onun (“his/her/its”) Pakistanına


    bizim (“our”) Pakistanımıza


    sizin (“your”) Pakistanınıza


    onların (“their”) Pakistanına or Pakistanlarına


    locative
    singular
    mənim (“my”) Pakistanımda


    sənin (“your”) Pakistanında


    onun (“his/her/its”) Pakistanında


    bizim (“our”) Pakistanımızda


    sizin (“your”) Pakistanınızda


    onların (“their”) Pakistanında or Pakistanlarında


    ablative
    singular
    mənim (“my”) Pakistanımdan


    sənin (“your”) Pakistanından


    onun (“his/her/its”) Pakistanından


    bizim (“our”) Pakistanımızdan


    sizin (“your”) Pakistanınızdan


    onların (“their”) Pakistanından or Pakistanlarından


    genitive
    singular
    mənim (“my”) Pakistanımın


    sənin (“your”) Pakistanının


    onun (“his/her/its”) Pakistanının


    bizim (“our”) Pakistanımızın


    sizin (“your”) Pakistanınızın


    onların (“their”) Pakistanının or Pakistanlarının


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    Pakistan m

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

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    Cornish

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    Borrowed from English Pakistan, from Urdu پاکستان (pākistān, “Land of the Holy”).

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    Pakistan

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

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    Mutation of Pakistan
    radical soft aspirate hard mixed
    Pakistan Bakistan Fakistan unchanged unchanged

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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    Pakistan

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

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    Pakistan

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
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    Pakistan n (adjective Pakistaans, demonym Pakistaan m or Pakistaner m or Pakistaanse f)

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

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    From Urdu and Persian پاکستان (literally “Land of the Pure”), from پاک (pak, “pure, holy, immaculate, chaste, undefiled”) and Persian ـستان (-estân, “-stan”).

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    Pakistan n

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

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    From Urdu پاکستان.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈpɑkistɑn/, [ˈpɑ̝k̟is̠tɑ̝n]
    • Rhymes: -ɑkistɑn
    • Syllabification(key): Pa‧kis‧tan
    • Hyphenation(key): Pa‧kis‧tan

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    Pakistan

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

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    Inflection of Pakistan (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
    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.
    Possessive forms of Pakistan (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Pakistanini —
    accusative nom. Pakistanini —
    gen. Pakistanini
    genitive Pakistanini —
    partitive Pakistaniani —
    inessive Pakistanissani —
    elative Pakistanistani —
    illative Pakistaniini —
    adessive Pakistanillani —
    ablative Pakistaniltani —
    allative Pakistanilleni —
    essive Pakistaninani —
    translative Pakistanikseni —
    abessive Pakistanittani —
    instructive — —
    comitative — —
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Pakistanisi —
    accusative nom. Pakistanisi —
    gen. Pakistanisi
    genitive Pakistanisi —
    partitive Pakistaniasi —
    inessive Pakistanissasi —
    elative Pakistanistasi —
    illative Pakistaniisi —
    adessive Pakistanillasi —
    ablative Pakistaniltasi —
    allative Pakistanillesi —
    essive Pakistaninasi —
    translative Pakistaniksesi —
    abessive Pakistanittasi —
    instructive — —
    comitative — —
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Pakistanimme —
    accusative nom. Pakistanimme —
    gen. Pakistanimme
    genitive Pakistanimme —
    partitive Pakistaniamme —
    inessive Pakistanissamme —
    elative Pakistanistamme —
    illative Pakistaniimme —
    adessive Pakistanillamme —
    ablative Pakistaniltamme —
    allative Pakistanillemme —
    essive Pakistaninamme —
    translative Pakistaniksemme —
    abessive Pakistanittamme —
    instructive — —
    comitative — —
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Pakistaninne —
    accusative nom. Pakistaninne —
    gen. Pakistaninne
    genitive Pakistaninne —
    partitive Pakistanianne —
    inessive Pakistanissanne —
    elative Pakistanistanne —
    illative Pakistaniinne —
    adessive Pakistanillanne —
    ablative Pakistaniltanne —
    allative Pakistanillenne —
    essive Pakistaninanne —
    translative Pakistaniksenne —
    abessive Pakistanittanne —
    instructive — —
    comitative — —
    third-person possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Pakistaninsa —
    accusative nom. Pakistaninsa —
    gen. Pakistaninsa
    genitive Pakistaninsa —
    partitive Pakistaniaan
    Pakistaniansa     		—
    inessive Pakistanissaan
    Pakistanissansa     		—
    elative Pakistanistaan
    Pakistanistansa     		—
    illative Pakistaniinsa —
    adessive Pakistanillaan
    Pakistanillansa     		—
    ablative Pakistaniltaan
    Pakistaniltansa     		—
    allative Pakistanilleen
    Pakistanillensa     		—
    essive Pakistaninaan
    Pakistaninansa     		—
    translative Pakistanikseen
    Pakistaniksensa     		—
    abessive Pakistanittaan
    Pakistanittansa     		—
    instructive — —
    comitative — —

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    Pakistan m

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

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    Pakistan

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

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    Pakistan n (proper noun, genitive Pakistans or (optionally with an article) Pakistan, plural (both rare) Pakistans or Pakistan)

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

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    • “Pakistan”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German)

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    From English Pakistan.

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    • IPA(key): /páː.kís.tàn/
      • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [páː.cɪ́s.tàŋ]

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    Pākistàn f

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

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    Borrowed from Urdu پاکستان (pākistān, “Land of the Holy”), from پاک (pāk, “pure, holy, immaculate, chaste, undefiled”) and Classical Persian ـستان (-stān,-istān, “-stan”).

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    Pakistan

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

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    Pakistan (plural Pakistan-Pakistan)

    1. Pakistani

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    Pakistan (comparative lebih Pakistan, superlative paling Pakistan)

    1. Pakistani

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    • IPA(key): /ˈpa.kis.tan/, /pa.kisˈtan/[1]
    • Rhymes: -akistan, -an
    • Hyphenation: Pà‧ki‧stan, Pa‧ki‧stàn

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    Pakistan m

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

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    countries in Asia: paesi dell'Asia (appendix)edit

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    1. ^ Pakistan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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    Il-Pakistan m

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia; official name: Repubblika Iżlamika tal-Pakistan)

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Pakistan

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
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    Pakistan

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
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    • IPA(key): /paˈkis.tan/
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    • Rhymes: -istan
    • Syllabification: Pa‧kis‧tan

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    Pakistan m

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

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    Declension of Pakistan
    singular
    nominative Pakistan
    genitive Pakistanu
    dative Pakistanowi
    accusative Pakistan
    instrumental Pakistanem
    locative Pakistanie
    vocative Pakistanie

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    countries in Asia: państwa Azji (appendix)edit

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    • “Pakistan”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • “Pakistan”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[5] (in Polish)

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    Pakistan

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

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    • IPA(key): /pâkistaːn/
    • Hyphenation: Pa‧ki‧stan

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    Pȁkistān m inan (Cyrillic spelling Па̏киста̄н, relational adjective pȁkistānskī, demonym Pakistánac, female demonym Pakìstānka)

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

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    Declension of Pakistan
    singular
    nominative Pakistan
    genitive Pakistana
    dative Pakistanu
    accusative Pakistan
    vocative Pakistane
    locative Pakistanu
    instrumental Pakistanom

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    • “Pakistan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

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    • IPA(key): /pakistan/, [ˈpakistan]
    • Rhymes: -istan
    • Hyphenation: Pa‧kis‧tan

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    Pakistan m inan (relational adjective pakistanský, demonym Pakistanec, female demonym Pakistanka)

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

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    Declension of Pakistan
    (pattern dub)
    singular
    nominativePakistan
    genitivePakistanu
    dativePakistanu
    accusativePakistan
    locativePakistane
    instrumentalPakistanom

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    • “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, 2003–2026

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    Pâkistan m inan (relational adjective pákistanski, demonym Pákistanec, female demonym Pákistanka)

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

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    		 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
    Masculine inan., hard o-stem
    nominative Pákistan
    genitive Pákistana
    singular
    nominative
    (imenovȃlnik)     		Pákistan
    genitive
    (rodȋlnik)     		Pákistana
    dative
    (dajȃlnik)     		Pákistanu
    accusative
    (tožȋlnik)     		Pákistan
    locative
    (mẹ̑stnik)     		Pákistanu
    instrumental
    (orọ̑dnik)     		Pákistanom

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    Pakistan

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
      Synonym: Pakistani

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    Pakistan n (genitive Pakistans)

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
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    Borrowed from English Pakistan, from Urdu پاکستان (pākistān).

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    Pákistán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔)

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

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    • “Pakistan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

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    Pakistan

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

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    Declension of Pakistan
    nominative Pakistan
    genitive Pakistannıñ
    dative Pakistanga
    accusative Pakistannı
    locative Pakistanda
    ablative Pakistandan

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    Pakistan

    1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

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    Declension of Pakistan
    singular plural
    nominative Pakistan -
    definite accusative Pakistan'ı -
    dative Pakistan'a -
    locative Pakistan'da -
    ablative Pakistan'dan -
    genitive Pakistan'ın -
    Possessive forms of Pakistan
    singular plural
    benim (my) Pakistan'ım Pakistanlarım
    senin (your) Pakistan'ın Pakistanların
    onun (his/her/its) Pakistan'ı Pakistanları
    bizim (our) Pakistan'ımız Pakistanlarımız
    sizin (your) Pakistan'ınız Pakistanlarınız
    onların (their) Pakistan'ı
    Pakistanları     		Pakistanları

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