# Pakistan
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu پاکستان (pākistān, “Land of the Holy”), from پاک (pāk, “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 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.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˌpɑːkɪˈstɑːn/, /ˌpækɪˈstɑːn/
** Audio (UK):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˌpɑːkɪˈstɑːn/, (proscribed) /ˈpækɪˌstæn/, (proscribed) /ˌpækɪˈstæn/
** Audio (US); /ˈpɑːkɪˌstɑːn/:(file)
** Audio (US); /ˈpækɪˌstæn/:(file)
* (Canada) IPA: /ˈpækəˌstaːn/, /ˈpækəˌstæn/

### Proper noun

Pakistan
* A country in South Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Capital: Islamabad.
** 2008 February 19, John F. Burns, “Britain: Life Sentence in Beheading Plot”, in The New York Times‎: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.

#### Derived terms

* East Pakistan
* Hazara Pakistan
* Pakistani
* West Pakistan

#### Translations
### See also

* Countries of the world
* Afghanistan
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* Cyprus
* East Timor
* Georgia
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* North Korea
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Russia
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Taiwan
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen
* East Pakistan, West Pakistan

### Further reading

* Pakistan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Pakistan on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
* Pakistan on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
* Category:Pakistan on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

## Azerbaijani
### Proper noun

Pakistan (definite accusative Pakistanı, plural Pakistanlar)
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

#### Derived terms

* pakistanlı

### Further reading

* Pakistan on the Azerbaijani Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{az}$

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pə.kisˈtan]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pa.kisˈtan]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Proper noun

Pakistan m
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

#### Derived terms

* pakistanès

### Further reading

* Pakistan on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{ca}$

## Crimean Tatar
### Proper noun

Pakistan
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

## Danish
### Proper noun

Pakistan
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

#### Related terms

* pakistaner
* pakistansk

### Further reading

* Pakistan on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## Faroese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpʰaʰkistan/

### Proper noun

Pakistan n
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Urdu پاکستان.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɑkistɑn/, [ˈpɑ̝k̟is̠tɑ̝n]
* Rhymes: -ɑkistɑn
* Hyphenation: Pa‧kis‧tan

### Proper noun

Pakistan
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Pakistan (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) :
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
abessive
Pakistanittani
instructive
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
abessive
Pakistanittasi
instructive
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
abessive
Pakistanittamme
instructive
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
abessive
Pakistanittanne
instructive
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
abessive
Pakistanittaan Pakistanittansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* pakistanilainen
* Itä-Pakistan
* Länsi-Pakistan
* pakistaninsiili

### Anagrams

* pakastin, pankista, pinkasta

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.kis.tɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Pakistan m
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

#### Derived terms

* Pakistanais
* pakistanais

#### See also

* Afghanistan
* Arabie saoudite
* Arménie
* Azerbaïdjan
* Bahreïn
* Bangladesh
* Bhoutan
* Birmanie
* Brunei
* Cambodge
* Chine
* Chypre
* Corée du Nord
* Corée du Sud
* Émirats arabes unis
* Géorgie
* Inde
* Indonésie
* Irak
* Iran
* Israël
* Japon
* Jordanie
* Kazakhstan
* Kirghizistan
* Koweït
* Laos
* Liban
* Malaisie
* Maldives
* Mongolie
* Népal
* Oman
* Ouzbékistan
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Russie
* Singapour
* Sri Lanka
* Syrie
* Tadjikistan
* Thaïlande
* Timor oriental
* Turkménistan
* Turquie
* Vietnam
* Yémen

## Gagauz
### Proper noun

Pakistan
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpaːkɪstaːn/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Pakistan n (proper noun, genitive Pakistans or (optionally with an article) Pakistan, plural (rare) Pakistan)
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

#### Derived terms

* pakistanisch
* Pakistaner
* Ostpakistan
* Westpakistan

#### Related terms

* Pakistani

### Further reading

* “Pakistan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Hausa
### Etymology

From English Pakistan.

### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Pākistàn f
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa.ki.stan/, /pa.kiˈstan/
* Rhymes: -akistan, -an
* Hyphenation: Pà‧ki‧stan, Pa‧ki‧stàn

### Proper noun

Pakistan m
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

#### Derived terms

* pakistano

### References

* ↑ Pakistan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.kɪsˈtaːn/

### Proper noun

Il-Pakistan m
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia; official name: Repubblika Iżlamika tal-Pakistan)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Pakistan
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

#### Related terms

* pakistaner
* pakistansk
* pakkis (offensive)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Pakistan
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

#### Related terms

* pakistanar
* pakistansk

## Polish
### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Pakistan m
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

#### Derived terms

* pakistański
* Pakistanka
* Pakistańczyk

### Further reading

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

## Scots
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Proper noun

Pakistan
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pâkistaːn/
* Hyphenation: Pa‧ki‧stan

### Proper noun

Pȁkistān m (Cyrillic spelling Па̏киста̄н)
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpakistan]

### Proper noun

Pakistan m inan (genitive singular Pakistanu, declension pattern of dub)
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

### References

* “Pakistan”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Swahili
### Proper noun

Pakistan
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia)
    Synonym: Pakistani

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːn

### Proper noun

Pakistan n (genitive Pakistans)
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

#### Related terms

* pakistanier
* pakistansk
* pakistanska

### References

* Pakistan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* Svensk MeSH

## Tagalog
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈpakistan/ [ˌpaː.xɪsˈt̪an̪]
* Rhymes: -akistan
* Syllabification: Pa‧kis‧tan

### Proper noun

Pákistán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔)
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

#### Coordinate terms

* Apganistan
* Armenya ~ Armenia
* Aserbayan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Biyetnam
* Brunei ~ Brunay
* Ehipto
* Emiratos Arabes Unidos
* Hapon
* Heorhiya
* Hilagang Korea
* Indiya
* Indonesya ~ Indonesia
* Irak
* Iran
* Israel
* Jordan
* Kambodya
* Kazakhstan
* Kirgistan
* Kuwait
* Laos
* Libano, Lebanon
* Malasya, Malaysia
* Maldibas, Maldives
* Mongolya ~ Mongolia
* Myanmar, Birmanya
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestina
* Pilipinas
* Qatar
* Rusya
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapura
* Sirya ~ Siria
* Sri Lanka
* Tayikistan ~ Tajikistan
* Taylandiya
* Taywan
* Timog Korea
* Timor-Leste, Silangang Timor
* Tsina
* Tsipre
* Turkiya
* Turkmenistan
* Usbekistan
* Yemen

### Further reading

* “Pakistan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Tatar
### Proper noun

Pakistan
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

#### Declension
## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Pakistan
* Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

#### Derived terms

* Pakistanlı

### See also

* Afganistan
* Azerbaycan
* Bahreyn
* Bangladeş
* Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri
* Bruney
* Butan
* Çin
* Doğu Timor
* Endonezya
* Ermenistan
* Filipinler
* Filistin
* Güney Kore
* Gürcistan
* Hindistan
* Irak
* İran
* İsrail
* Japonya
* Kamboçya
* Katar
* Kazakistan
* Kıbrıs
* Kırgızistan
* Kuveyt
* Kuzey Kore
* Laos
* Lübnan
* Maldivler
* Malezya
* Mısır
* Moğolistan
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Özbekistan
* Pakistan
* Rusya
* Singapur
* Sri Lanka
* Suriye
* Suudi Arabistan
* Tacikistan
* Tayland
* Tayvan
* Türkiye
* Türkmenistan
* Umman
* Ürdün
* Vietnam
* Yemen