Pakistan
Syllables: Pa·kis·tan/ˌpɑːkɪˈstɑːn/
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British/ˌpakɪˈstɑːn/
Pakistan proper noun: a country in South Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Capital: Islamabad.
Proper noun
Pakistan
- A country in South Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Capital: Islamabad.
- 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.2008 February 19, John F. Burns, “Britain: Life Sentence in Beheading Plot”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
- Sharif at the time said the decision “will save the country precious foreign exchange” and that Pakistan has to “practice austerity.”2022 June 15, Rhea Mogul, “Pakistanis told to drink less tea as nation grapples with economic crisis”, in CNN
Pakistan meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Pakistan in Hindi
- country in South Asia
- पाकिस्तान pākistān, पाकिसतान pākistān, पाकिस्तन pākistan, पकिस्तान pakistān, पश्चिमी पाकिस्तान paścimī pākistān
Pakistan in Tamil
- country in South Asia
- பாக்கிஸ்தான் pākkistāṉ, பாக்கித்தான் pākkittāṉ
Pakistan in Marathi
- country in South Asia
- पाकिस्तान pākistān
Pakistan in Urdu
- country in South Asia
- پاکِسْتان pākistān
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- Pakistan in Bengali
- পাকিস্তান pakistan
- Pakistan in Telugu
- పాకిస్తాన్ pākistān
- Pakistan in Malayalam
- പാക്കിസ്ഥാന് pākkisthānŭ
- Pakistan in Kannada
- ಪಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನ್ pākistān
- Pakistan in Punjabi
- ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ pākistān, ਪਾਕਸਤਾਨ pāksatān, پاکِسْتان pākistān, پاکَسْتان pākastān
- Pakistan in Gujarati
- પાકિસ્તાન pākistān
- Pakistan in Odia
- ପାକିସ୍ତାନ pākistāna
- Pakistan in Sanskrit
- पाकिस्थानम् pākisthānam
- Pakistan in Sinhala
- පාකිස්ථානය pākisthānaya, පකිස්තානය pakistānaya
- Pakistan in Assamese
- পাকিস্তান pakistan
- Pakistan in Pashto
- پاکستان pākestān
- Pakistan in Tagalog
- Pakistan
- Pakistan in Arabic
- بَاكِسْتَان bākistān, الْبَاكِسْتَان al-bākistān
- Pakistan in Malay
- Pakistan
- Pakistan in Indonesian
- Pakistan
- Pakistan in Thai
- ปากีสถาน bpaa-gii-sà-tǎan
- Pakistan in Vietnamese
- Pa-ki-xtan, Hồi Quốc, Tây Hồi
- Pakistan in Myanmar
- ပါကစ္စတန် pakacca.tan
- Sindhi
- پاڪستان pākistān
- Dhivehi
- ޕާކިސްތާން pākistān̊
- Kashmiri
- پاکِستان pākistān
- Dzongkha
- པ་ཀིསི་ཏཱན། pa kisi tān
Origin of Pakistan
English Pakistan Borrowed from Urdu پاکستان (pākistān). Coined by Pakistani politician Chuhdary Rahmat Ali in 1933, who published it 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. Absent from said acronym (which may possibly be a backronym) is the letter ⟨i⟩, which is epenthetic.
Words formed from Pakistan
Phrases with Pakistan
Words that rhyme with Pakistan
Questions about Pakistan
- What does Pakistan mean?
- Pakistan means a country in South Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Capital: Islamabad.
- What is Pakistan in Hindi?
- Pakistan in Hindi is पाकिस्तान (pākistān), पाकिसतान (pākistān), पाकिस्तन (pākistan). See Pakistan meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Pakistan?
- Pakistan is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Pakistan?
- Pakistan is pronounced /ˌpɑːkɪˈstɑːn/ (UK).
Words near Pakistan in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Pakistan (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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