પાકિસ્તાન
Gujarati edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Urdu پاکستان (pākistān). 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 edit
Proper noun edit
પાકિસ્તાન • (pākistān) m
- Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
Derived terms edit
- પાકિસ્તાની (pākistānī)