Pakistan
English
/ˌpɑːkɪˈstɑːn/, /ˌpæːkɪˈstɑːn/, /ˈpækɪˌstæn/, /ˈpækəˌstæn/
proper noun
Definitions
- Country in South Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu پاکستان (Land of the Pure) derived from Persian ـستان (place of, place, -stan).
Origin
Persian
ـستان
Gloss
place of, place, -stan
Concept
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Person/Thing
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Pakistani English
- Pakistaniness English
- Pakistanphobia English
- -istão Portuguese
- أَفْغَان Arabic
- पाकिस्तान Hindi
- افغانستان Persian
- انگلستان Persian
- بیمارستان Persian
- تیمارستان Persian
- دهستان Persian
- ـستان Persian
- قبرستان Persian
- لهستان Persian
- هندوستان Persian
- گلستان Persian
- گورستان Persian
- ปากีสถาน Thai
- Pa-ki-xtan Vietnamese
- 斯坦 Chinese
- Пакистан Mongolian
- پاک Urdu
- پاکستان Urdu
- -stʾn' Middle Persian
- Türkmenistan Turkmen