Pakistāna

pakistana Pakistānā Latvian lv: thumb|200px|Pakistāna (Āzijā) thumb|130px|Pakistānas karogs Etymology Via other European languages, ultimately a borrowing from the local name of the country, with two converging origins: on the one hand, from lv ur پاکستان Land of the Pure, from ur پاک pure, holy, immaculate, chaste, undefiled pak and fa ستان land stân; on the other hand, a coinage by Choudhry Rahmat Ali, who published it in the pamphlet Now or Never on January 28, 1933 as an acronym of the names of the "Muslim homelands" of western India: Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and Balochistan. An i was later added to the English rendition of the name to ease pronunciation. Pronunciation lv Proper noun f 4th lv Pakistan Q843 lv Pakistānas karogs the flag of Pakistan 1 lv mūsdienās joprojām Pakistānai ar Indiju ir konflikts par musulmaņu apdzīvoto Kašmīru today Pakistan still has a conflict with India about the Muslim-populated (region of) Kashmir 1 lv 1998. gadā Pakistānā dzīvoja 132 miljoni iedzīvotāji in 1998 there lived in Pakistan 132 million inhabitants 1 Declension Pakistān a 4th no-pl proper -60 Synonyms lv Pakistānas Islāma Republika Related terms lv pakistānisks lv pakistānietis, lv pakistāniete