Baluchi edit

Proper noun edit

پاکستان (pākestān)

  1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

Central Kurdish edit

 
Central Kurdish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ckb

Proper noun edit

پاکستان (pakistan)

  1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

Pashto edit

 
Pashto Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ps

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

پاکستان (pâkistânm

  1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

Persian edit

 
Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology edit

پاک (pâk, pure, clean) +‎ ـستان (-stân).

Pronunciation edit

 

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

Proper noun edit

Dari پاکستان
Iranian Persian
Tajik Покистон

پاکستان (pâkestân)

  1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

Derived terms edit

Punjabi edit

 
Western Panjabi Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pnb

Proper noun edit

پاکستان (pākistān? (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ)

  1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

Urdu edit

 
Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ur

Etymology edit

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

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pɑː.kɪs.t̪ɑːn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːn
  • Hyphenation: پا‧کِسْ‧تان

Proper noun edit

پاکِسْتان (pākistānm (Hindi spelling पाकिस्तान)

  1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

See also edit