Pakistan

Pakistán Pákistán Päkistan English thumb|Flag of Pakistan Etymology en :bor ur:پاکستان<tr:pākistān> :afeq -stan :af Punjab Afghania Kashmir Sindh Balochistan 1 Borrowed from en ur پاکستان<tr:pākistān>. en Q263795 1933 1, who published "Pakstan" 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, with an en epenthetic i later added. Possibly a en backronym of پاک pāk 'pure' and ـستان stān. Pronunciation en /ˌpɑːkɪˈstɑːn/ /ˌpækɪˈstɑːn/ RP en /ˌpakɪˈstɑːn/ /ˌpɑːkɪˈstɑːn/ SSB en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Pakistan.wav UK /ˌpɑːkɪˈstɑːn/ en /ˌpɑkɪˈstɑn/ /ˈpækɪˌstæn/ /ˌpækɪˈstæn/ US en En-us-Pakistan-2.ogg US /ˈpɑ.kɪˌstɑn/ en En-us-Pakistan.ogg US /ˈpæ.kɪˌstæn/ en /ˈpækəˌstɑn/ /ˈpækəˌstæn/ CA en /ˌpakɪˈstan/ /ˈpakɪˈstan/ Scotland en ɑːn ækɪstæn ɑːkɪstɑːn 3 en Pa kis tan Proper noun en Q843 en country r/South Asia Islamabad Islamic Republic of Pakistan. en 2008-02-19 John F. Burns Britain: Life Sentence in Beheading Plot http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/19/world/europe/19briefs-plot.html 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20251107051325/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/19/world/europe/19briefs-plot.html 7 November 2025 en 2022-06-15 Rhea Mogul Pakistanis told to drink less tea as nation grapples with economic crisis w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/15/asia/pakistan-tea-economy-intl-hnk/index.html Sharif at the time said the decision “will save the country precious foreign exchange” and that Pakistan has to “practice austerity.” https://web.archive.org/web/20260225052715/https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/15/asia/pakistan-tea-economy-intl-hnk/index.html 25 February 2026 Derived terms en East Pakistan Hazara Pakistan Pakistanphobia West Pakistan Related terms en Pakistani Translations Q843 country in South Asia Abkhaz: ab Пакистан Acehnese: ace Pakistan Afrikaans: af Pakistan Albanian: sq Pakistan m Amharic: am ፓኪስታን Arabic: ar بَاكِسْتَان f, ar الْبَاكِسْتَان f Hijazi Arabic: acw الباكستان f al-bākistān Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܦܵܟܸܣܛܵܢ pakistan f Armenian: hy Պակիստան Assamese: as পাকিস্তান Asturian: ast Paquistán Azerbaijani: az Pakistan Cyrillic: az Пакистан Baluchi: bal پاکستان pākestān Bashkir: ba Пакистан Belarusian: be Пакіста́н m Bengali: bn পাকিস্তান Bikol: Central Bikol: bcl Pakistan Breton: br Pakistan Bulgarian: bg Пакиста́н m Burmese: my ပါကစ္စတန် Catalan: ca Pakistan Cebuano: ceb Pakistan Chavacano: cbk Pakistan Chinese: Cantonese: yue 巴基斯坦 Mandarin: cmn 巴基斯坦 Cornish: kw Pakistan Crimean Tatar: crh Pakistan Dobrujan Tatar: crh Pakîstan Czech: cs Pákistán m Danish: da Pakistan n Dhivehi: dv ޕާކިސްތާން Dutch: nl Pakistan n Dzongkha: dz པ་ཀིསི་ཏཱན པ་ཀིསི་ཏཱན། Esperanto: eo Pakistano Estonian: et Pakistan Fiji Hindi: hif Pakistan Finnish: fi Pakistan French: fr Pakistan m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Pakistan Galician: gl Paquistán m Georgian: ka პაკისტანი German: de Pakistan n Greek: el Πακιστάν n Greenlandic: kl Pakistan Gujarati: gu પાકિસ્તાન Hausa: ha Pakistan Hawaiian: haw Pakitana Hebrew: he פָּקִיסְטָן m pakistán Hindi: hi पाकिस्तान m, hi पाकिसतान m, hi पाकिस्तन m, hi पकिस्तान m, (formal: hi इस्लामी गणराज्य पाकिस्तान m, hi इस्लामी गणतंत्र पाकिस्तान m, hi पाकिस्तान इस्लामी गणराज्य m, hi पाकिस्तान इस्लामी गणतंत्र m, hi इस्लामी जम्हूरिया पाकिस्तान m, hi इस्लामी जम्हूरिया ए पाकिस्तान m), hi पश्चिमी पाकिस्तान m historical Hungarian: hu Pakisztán Icelandic: is Pakistan n Ido: io Pakistan Ilocano: ilo Pakistan Indonesian: id Pakistan Interlingua: ia Pakistan Inuktitut: iu ᐸᑭᔅᑕᓐ Irish: ga Pacastáin f An Phacastáin Italian: it Pakistan m, it Pachistania f Japanese: ja パキスタン Pakisutan Javanese: jv Pakistan Kabyle: kab Pakistan Kalenjin: kln Pakistani Kamba: kam Pakistani Kannada: kn ಪಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನ್ Kapampangan: pam Pakistan Kashmiri: ks پاکِستان m Kashubian: csb Pakistan Kazakh: kk Пәкістан, kk Пәкстан Arabic: kk پاكىستان Khmer: km ប៉ាគីស្ថាន Kikuyu: ki Pakistan Korean: ko ^파키스탄, ko ^빠끼스딴 North Korea Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb پاکستان Northern Kurdish: kmr Pakistan Kyrgyz: ky Пакистан Lak: lbe Пакисттан Lao: lo ປາກິດສະຖານ Latin: la Pācistānia f Latvian: lv Pakistāna f Ligurian: lij Pakistan Lithuanian: lt Pakistanas m Luhya: luy Pakistan Luo: luo Pakistan Macedonian: mk Пакиста́н m Malay: ms Pakistan Malayalam: ml പാക്കിസ്ഥാന് Maltese: mt Pakistan il-Pakistan Māori: mi Pakitāne Marathi: mr पाकिस्तान Meru: mer Pakistan Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Пакистан Mongolian script: mn ᠫᠠᠺᠢᠰᠲ᠋ᠠᠨ Nauruan: na Pakistan Navajo: nv Eʼeʼaahjí Naakaii Dootłʼizhí Bikéyah Norman: nrf Pakistan m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Pakistan n Nynorsk: nn Pakistan n Occitan: oc Paquistan m Odia: or ପାକିସ୍ତାନ Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Пакистан m Papiamentu: pap Pakistan Pashto: ps پاکستان m pākestān Persian: Classical Persian: fa-cls پَاکِسْتَان Dari: prs پَاکِسْتَان Iranian Persian: fa-ira پاکِسْتان Polish: pl Pakistan m-in Portuguese: pt Paquistão m Punjabi: Gurmukhi: pa ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ m, pa ਪਾਕਸਤਾਨ Shahmukhi: pa پاکِسْتان m, pa پاکَسْتان Rohingya: rhg Pakistán Romanian: ro Pakistan m Cyrillic: ro Пакистан n Russian: ru Пакиста́н m Samogitian: sgs Pakėstans m Sanskrit: sa पाकिस्थानम् n pākisthānam Santali: sat ᱯᱟᱠᱤᱥᱛᱟᱱ Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Па̏киста̄н m Latin: sh Pȁkistān m Sicilian: scn Pakistan Silesian: szl Pakistan Sindhi: sd پاڪستان pākistān Sinhalese: si පාකිස්ථානය, si පකිස්‍තානය Slovak: sk Pakistan m Slovene: sl Pakistan m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Pakistan Upper Sorbian: hsb Pakistan Spanish: es Pakistán m, es Paquistán m Sundanese: su Pakistan Swahili: sw Pakistani Swedish: sv Pakistan n Tagalog: tl Pakistan Tajik: tg Покистон Tamil: ta பாக்கிஸ்தான், ta பாக்கித்தான் Tat: ttt Pakestan Tatar: tt Пакистан Telugu: te పాకిస్తాన్ Thai: th ปากีสถาน Tibetan: bo པ་ཀི་སི་ཐན Turkish: tr Pakistan Turkmen: tk Päkistan, tk Pakystan Cyrillic: tk Пәкистан, tk Пакыстан Ukrainian: uk Пакиста́н m Urdu: ur پاکِسْتان m Uyghur: ug پاكىستان, ug پاكستان Cyrillic: ug Пакстан Uzbek: uz Pokiston Cyrillic: uz Покистон Vietnamese: vi Pa-ki-xtan, vi Hồi Quốc obsolete, vi Tây Hồi dated Volapük: vo Pakistän Walloon: wa Pakistan Waray-Waray: war Pakistan Welsh: cy Pacistan f Yiddish: yi פּאַקיסטאַן Yoruba: yo Pakistan Zhuang: za Bahgihswhdanj See also Further reading Azerbaijani az: Пакистан پاکستان Pronunciation az LL-Q9292 (aze)-Allahverdi Verdizade on a flying visit-Pakistan.wav Baku Proper noun no az Pakistan Q843 Declension a c no Derived terms az pakistanlı Catalan ca: Pronunciation ca LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Pakistan.wav Valencia Proper noun m ca Pakistan Q843 Derived terms ca pakistanès Cornish kw: Etymology kw en Pakistan, from kw ur پاکستان Land of the Holy pākistān. Proper noun kw propn kw Pakistan Q843 Coordinate terms Related terms kw pakistanek<t:Pakistani><pos:a> Mutation Crimean Tatar crh: Proper noun crh proper noun crh Pakistan Q843 Danish da: Proper noun da proper noun da Pakistan Q843 Related terms da pakistaner pakistansk Dutch nl: Etymology nl Pronunciation nl nl Nl-Pakistan.ogg Proper noun n Pakistaans Pakistaan,Pakistaner Pakistaanse nl Pakistan Q843 See also Faroese Etymology From fo ur - and fo fa پاکستان Land of the Pure, from ur پاک pak pure, holy, immaculate, chaste, undefiled and fo fa ـستان -estân -stan. Pronunciation fo /ˈpʰaʰkistan/ Proper noun fo proper noun n fo Pakistan Q843 Finnish fi: Etymology From fi ur پاکستان. Pronunciation Proper noun fi Pakistan Q843 Declension sg Pakistan a 0 Derived terms fi pakistanilainen fi compounds Itä-Pakistan Länsi-Pakistan pakistaninsiili See also Anagrams fi aaiknpst pakastin pankista pinkasta French fr: Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Arthur Crbz-Pakistan.wav fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Pakistan.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Pakistan.wav France Proper noun m fr Pakistan Q843 Derived terms fr Pakistanais fr pakistanais See also Gagauz gag: Proper noun gag proper noun gag Pakistan Q843 German de: Pronunciation de /ˈpaːkɪsˌtaːn/ also /ˈpaːkiˌstaːn/ de De-Pakistan.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun toponym,,s[both rare]:- de Pakistan Q843 Derived terms de Ostpakistan Pakistaner Pakistani pakistanisch Westpakistan See also Further reading Hausa Etymology From ha en Pakistan. Pronunciation pākistàn Proper noun f Pākistàn ha Pakistan Q843 Indonesian id: Etymology id ur پاکستان Land of the Holy pākistān, from ur پاک pure, holy, immaculate, chaste, undefiled pāk and id fa-cls ـستان -stān,-istān -stan. Pronunciation Proper noun id Pakistan Q843 Noun Pakistani Adjective Pakistani See also Italian it: Pronunciation Pàkistan,Pakistàn<r:DiPI> Proper noun m it Pakistan Q843 Derived terms it pakistano See also References Maltese mt: Pronunciation mt /pa.kɪsˈtaːn/ mt aːn 3 Proper noun proper noun m Il-Pakistan mt Pakistan Q843 mt:Repubblika Iżlamika tal-Pakistan Northern Kurdish ku: Etymology Ultimately from kmr ur پَاکِسْتَان. Pronunciation Proper noun Pakistan پاکستان kmr proper noun kmr Pakistan Q843 Norwegian Bokmål no: Proper noun nb proper noun nb Pakistan Q843 Related terms nb pakistaner pakistansk pakkis<qq:offensive> Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun nn Pakistan Q843 Related terms nn pakistanar pakistansk Polish pl: Pronunciation Pl-Pakistan.ogg Proper noun pl proper noun m pl Pakistan Q843 Declension <m.inan.sg> Derived terms pl adjective pakistański pl nouns Pakistańczyk Pakistanka See also Further reading Scots sco: Etymology sco Proper noun sco Pakistan Q843 Serbo-Croatian sh:,sr:,hr:,bs: Etymology Ultimately from sh ur پاکستان<tr:pākistān>. Pronunciation Pakìstān sh Pa ki stan Proper noun Pakìstān m-in pakìstānskī Pakistánac Pakìstānka sh Pakistan Q843 Declension Pakistan Pakistana Pakistanu Pakistan Pakistane Pakistanu Pakistanom Further reading eFdvXRg%3D Slovak sk: Pronunciation Proper noun m-in pakistanský Pakistanec Pakistanka sk Pakistan Q843 Declension m-in u sg See also sk urdčina<g:f> Further reading Slovene sl: Pronunciation Pâkistan Proper noun Pâkistan m-in pákistanski Pákistanec Pákistanka sl Pakistan Q843 Declension Pákistan sg See also Further reading Swahili sw: Proper noun sw proper noun sw Pakistan Q843 sw Pakistani Swedish sv: Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Pakistan.wav sv ɑːn 3 Proper noun n sv Pakistan Q843 Related terms sv pakistanier pakistansk pakistanska See also References saol Svensk MeSH Tagalog tl: Etymology tl :bor en:Pakistan 1 ++ Pronunciation Pákistan Proper noun Pákistán + tl Pakistan Q843 Coordinate terms Further reading Tatar Proper noun proper noun l tt Pakistan Q843 Declension nıñ ga nı da dan Turkish tr: Pronunciation tr tr LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-Pakistan.wav Proper noun tr Pakistan Q843 Declension Pakistan - Pakistan'ı - Pakistan'a - Pakistan'da - Pakistan'dan - Pakistan'ın - Derived terms tr Pakistanlı See also