Pakistan

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English

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Etymology

From Urdu پاکستان‎ (pākistān, “Land of the Holy”), from پاک‎ (pak, “pure, holy, immaculate, chaste, undefiled”) and Classical Persian ـستان‎ (-stān,-istān, “-stan”) (with the form -istān being used after consonants). The word was coined by Choudhary Rahmat Ali, who published it in the pamphlet Now or Never issued on January 28, 1933, as an acronym of the names of the "Muslim homelands" of western India—Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and Balochistan.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpɑːkɪˈstɑːn/, /ˌpækɪˈstɑːn/, /ˌpækɪˈstæn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌpɑːkɪˈstɑːn/, /ˈpækɪˌstæn/, /ˌpækɪˈstæn/
  • (file)
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpækəˌstæn/

Proper noun

Pakistan

  1. A country in South Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Further reading

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic Пакистан
Perso-Arabic پاکستان‎

Proper noun

Pakistan

  1. Pakistan (a country in Asia)

Declension

    Declension of Pakistan
singular plural
nominative Pakistan
Pakistanlar
definite accusative Pakistanı
Pakistanları
dative Pakistana
Pakistanlara
locative Pakistanda
Pakistanlarda
ablative Pakistandan
Pakistanlardan
definite genitive Pakistanın
Pakistanların
    Possessive forms of Pakistan
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) Pakistanım Pakistanlarım
sənin (“your”) Pakistanın Pakistanların
onun (“his/her/its”) Pakistanı Pakistanları
bizim (“our”) Pakistanımız Pakistanlarımız
sizin (“your”) Pakistanınız Pakistanlarınız
onların (“their”) Pakistanı or Pakistanları Pakistanları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) Pakistanımı Pakistanlarımı
sənin (“your”) Pakistanını Pakistanlarını
onun (“his/her/its”) Pakistanını Pakistanlarını
bizim (“our”) Pakistanımızı Pakistanlarımızı
sizin (“your”) Pakistanınızı Pakistanlarınızı
onların (“their”) Pakistanını or Pakistanlarını Pakistanlarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) Pakistanıma Pakistanlarıma
sənin (“your”) Pakistanına Pakistanlarına
onun (“his/her/its”) Pakistanına Pakistanlarına
bizim (“our”) Pakistanımıza Pakistanlarımıza
sizin (“your”) Pakistanınıza Pakistanlarınıza
onların (“their”) Pakistanına or Pakistanlarına Pakistanlarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) Pakistanımda Pakistanlarımda
sənin (“your”) Pakistanında Pakistanlarında
onun (“his/her/its”) Pakistanında Pakistanlarında
bizim (“our”) Pakistanımızda Pakistanlarımızda
sizin (“your”) Pakistanınızda Pakistanlarınızda
onların (“their”) Pakistanında or Pakistanlarında Pakistanlarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) Pakistanımdan Pakistanlarımdan
sənin (“your”) Pakistanından Pakistanlarından
onun (“his/her/its”) Pakistanından Pakistanlarından
bizim (“our”) Pakistanımızdan Pakistanlarımızdan
sizin (“your”) Pakistanınızdan Pakistanlarınızdan
onların (“their”) Pakistanından or Pakistanlarından Pakistanlarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) Pakistanımın Pakistanlarımın
sənin (“your”) Pakistanının Pakistanlarının
onun (“his/her/its”) Pakistanının Pakistanlarının
bizim (“our”) Pakistanımızın Pakistanlarımızın
sizin (“your”) Pakistanınızın Pakistanlarınızın
onların (“their”) Pakistanının or Pakistanlarının Pakistanlarının

Derived terms

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pakistan m

  1. Pakistan (a country in southern Asia)

Derived terms

Danish

Proper noun

Pakistan

  1. Pakistan (a country in southern Asia)

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʰaʰkistan/

Proper noun

Pakistan n

  1. Pakistan

Finnish

Etymology

From Urdu پاکستان‎.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Pakistan

  1. Pakistan

Declension

Inflection of Pakistan (Kotus type 5/risti, 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 —
instructive — —
abessive Pakistanitta —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Pakistan (type risti)
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 —
instructive — —
abessive Pakistanittani —
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 —
instructive — —
abessive Pakistanittasi —
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 —
instructive — —
abessive Pakistanittamme —
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 —
instructive — —
abessive Pakistanittanne —
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
—
instructive — —
abessive Pakistanittaan
Pakistanittansa
—
comitative — —

Derived terms

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.kis.tɑ̃/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Pakistan m

  1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

Derived terms

See also

Gagauz

Proper noun

Pakistan

  1. Pakistan (a country in Asia)

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaːkɪstaːn/
  • (file)

Proper noun

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

  1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Pakistan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hausa

Etymology

From English Pakistan.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Pākistàn f

  1. Pakistan (a country in Asia)

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Pakistan m

  1. Pakistan

Derived terms

References

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

Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.kɪsˈtaːn/

Proper noun

Il-Pakistan m

  1. Pakistan (a country in Asia)
    Synonym: Repubblika Iżlamika tal-Pakistan

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Pakistan

  1. Pakistan

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Pakistan

  1. Pakistan

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈkis.tan/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -istan
  • Syllabification: Pa‧kis‧tan

Proper noun

Pakistan m

  1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns

Further reading

  • Pakistan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Pakistan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

Etymology

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Proper noun

Pakistan

  1. Pakistan.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Pȁkistān m (Cyrillic spelling Па̏киста̄н)

  1. Pakistan

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpakistan]

Proper noun

Pakistan m inan (genitive singular Pakistanu, declension pattern of dub)

  1. Pakistan (a country in Asia)

References

  • Pakistan in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Swahili

Proper noun

Pakistan

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑːn

Proper noun

Pakistan n (genitive Pakistans)

  1. Pakistan

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Pakistan, from Urdu پاکستان‎ (pākistān).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Pa‧kis‧tan
  • IPA(key): /ˈpakistan/, [ˈpa.xɪs.tɐn]

Proper noun

Pákistán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔)

  1. Pakistan

Further reading

Tatar

Proper noun

Pakistan

  1. Pakistan

Declension

Turkish

Proper noun

Pakistan

  1. Pakistan

Declension

Derived terms

See also

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