Pakistan

Pa·kis·tan
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UK/ˌpɑːkɪˈstɑːn/UK/ˌpækɪˈstɑːn/British, Southern, Standard/ˌpakɪˈstɑːn/US/ˌpɑkɪˈstɑn/

proper noun

A country in South Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Capital: Islamabad.

OriginUrdu پاکستان →
CommonScrabble 14
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A country in South Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Capital: Islamabad.

    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
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    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

Origin

  1. Urduپاکستان
  2. EnglishPakistan

Classical Persian بَلوچِسْتَان (balōčistān)bor. Urdu بَلوچِسْتان (balocistān)bor. English Balochistan 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.

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Translations

Afrikaans Pakistan
  • Pakistancountry in South Asia
Arabic بَاكِسْتَان, الْبَاكِسْتَان
  • بَاكِسْتَان (bākistān)country in South Asia
  • الْبَاكِسْتَان (al-bākistān)country in South Asia
Bengali পাকিস্তান
  • পাকিস্তান (pakistan)country in South Asia
Bulgarian Пакиста́н
  • Пакиста́н (Pakistán)country in South Asia
Catalan Pakistan
  • Pakistancountry in South Asia
Chinese Cantonese 巴基斯坦
  • 巴基斯坦 (baa¹ gei¹ si¹ taan²)country in South Asia
Chinese Mandarin 巴基斯坦
  • 巴基斯坦 (Bājīsītǎn)country in South Asia
Czech Pákistán
  • Pákistáncountry in South Asia
Danish Pakistan
  • Pakistancountry in South Asia
Dutch Pakistan
  • Pakistancountry in South Asia
Esperanto Pakistano
  • Pakistanocountry in South Asia
Estonian Pakistan
  • Pakistancountry in South Asia
Finnish Pakistan
  • Pakistancountry in South Asia
French Pakistan
  • Pakistancountry in South Asia
German Pakistan
  • Pakistancountry in South Asia
Greek Πακιστάν
  • Πακιστάν (Pakistán)country in South Asia
Hawaiian Pakitana
  • Pakitanacountry in South Asia
Hebrew פָּקִיסְטָן
  • פָּקִיסְטָן (pakistán)country in South Asia
Hindi पाकिस्तान, पाकिसतान
  • पाकिस्तान (pākistān)country in South Asia
  • पाकिसतान (pākistān)country in South Asia
  • पाकिस्तन (pākistan)country in South Asia
  • पकिस्तान (pakistān)country in South Asia
  • पश्चिमी पाकिस्तान (paścimī pākistān)country in South Asia
Hungarian Pakisztán
  • Pakisztáncountry in South Asia
Icelandic Pakistan
  • Pakistancountry in South Asia
Indonesian Pakistan
  • Pakistancountry in South Asia
Irish An Phacastáin
  • An Phacastáincountry in South Asia
Italian Pakistan, Pachistania
  • Pakistancountry in South Asia
  • Pachistaniacountry in South Asia
Japanese パキスタン
  • パキスタン (Pakisutan)country in South Asia
Korean 파키스탄, 빠끼스딴
  • 파키스탄 (Pakiseutan)country in South Asia
  • 빠끼스딴 (Ppakkiseuttan)country in South Asia
Latin Pācistānia
  • Pācistāniacountry in South Asia
Latvian Pakistāna
  • Pakistānacountry in South Asia
Lithuanian Pakistanas
  • Pakistanascountry in South Asia
Malay Pakistan
  • Pakistancountry in South Asia
Māori Pakitāne
  • Pakitānecountry in South Asia
Norwegian Bokmål Pakistan
  • Pakistancountry in South Asia
Polish Pakistan
  • Pakistancountry in South Asia
Portuguese Paquistão
  • Paquistãocountry in South Asia
Punjabi ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ, ਪਾਕਸਤਾਨ
  • ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ (pākistān)country in South Asia
  • ਪਾਕਸਤਾਨ (pāksatān)country in South Asia
  • پاکِسْتان (pākistān)country in South Asia
  • پاکَسْتان (pākastān)country in South Asia
Romanian Pakistan, Пакистан
  • Pakistancountry in South Asia
  • Пакистан (Pachistan)country in South Asia
Russian Пакиста́н
  • Пакиста́н (Pakistán)country in South Asia
Slovak Pakistan
  • Pakistancountry in South Asia
Spanish Pakistán, Paquistán
  • Pakistáncountry in South Asia
  • Paquistáncountry in South Asia
Swahili Pakistani
  • Pakistanicountry in South Asia
Swedish Pakistan
  • Pakistancountry in South Asia
Tagalog Pakistan
  • Pakistancountry in South Asia
Tamil பாக்கிஸ்தான், பாக்கித்தான்
  • பாக்கிஸ்தான் (pākkistāṉ)country in South Asia
  • பாக்கித்தான் (pākkittāṉ)country in South Asia
Thai ปากีสถาน
  • ปากีสถาน (bpaa-gii-sà-tǎan)country in South Asia
Turkish Pakistan
  • Pakistancountry in South Asia
Ukrainian Пакиста́н
  • Пакиста́н (Pakystán)country in South Asia
Urdu پاکِسْتان
  • پاکِسْتان (pākistān)country in South Asia
Vietnamese Pa-ki-xtan, Hồi Quốc
  • Pa-ki-xtancountry in South Asia
  • Hồi Quốccountry in South Asia
  • Tây Hồicountry in South Asia
Welsh Pacistan
  • Pacistancountry in South Asia
Yiddish פּאַקיסטאַן
  • פּאַקיסטאַן (pakistan)country in South Asia

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Pakistan

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Cite this entry
APA

Pakistan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pakistan

MLA

“Pakistan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pakistan. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pakistan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pakistan.

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