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paki

/ˈpæki/

paki is the alternative letter-case form of Paki.

Noun capitalized: Paki

Paki (plural Pakis)

  1. (Canada, India, UK, ethnic, offensive, slur) A Pakistani.
  2. (Canada, UK, broadly, ethnic, offensive, slur) Anyone whose origins are perceived to be from South Asia or the Indian subcontinent.
    • Their byword is Aggro (Aggravation) and their crucial enemies are hippies, homosexuals and Pakis (Pakistanis or Indians).1970 March 29, Nik Cohn, “England's New Teen Style Is Violence”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    • In these telephone calls and recorded messages the respondent, who held strong views on immigration and asylum policy and the provision of public support to immigrants and applicants for asylum, ranted and shouted and made reference to "Wogs", "Pakis", "Black bastards" and […] "Niggers".2006, Paragraph 2, DPP v Collins ([2006] 1 WLR 2223)
  3. (Ireland, UK, abbreviation, ellipsis, ethnic, offensive) Ellipsis of Paki shop.

Adjective capitalized: Paki

Paki (not comparable)

  1. (Canada, UK, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur) Pakistani, or perceived to be Pakistani.

Forms of paki

pluralpakis
pluralPakis

Origin of paki

Either a clipping of Pakistani or a back-formation from Pakistan. Doublet of Pak.

Words formed from paki

Phrases with paki

Words that rhyme with paki

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Questions about paki

What does paki mean?
Paki means a Pakistani.
What is paki the alternative letter-case form of?
Paki is the alternative letter-case form of Paki.
What part of speech is paki?
Paki can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce paki?
Paki is pronounced /ˈpæki/.
What is the plural of paki?
The plural of paki is pakis.

Words near paki in the dictionary

  1. Pakhtoon
  2. Pakhtoons
  3. Pakhtun
  4. Pakhtunistan
  5. Pakhtuns
  6. paki
  7. Paki shop
  8. Paki shops
  9. paki-
  10. Paki-bashing
  11. pakicetid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paki (page history and authors); Paki (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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