Meanings
paki1
Paki2
plural Pakis
- CanadaIndiaUKethnicoffensiveslurA Pakistani.
- CanadaUKbroadlyethnicoffensiveslurAnyone 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, →ISSN1 more example
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) - IrelandUKabbreviationellipsisethnicoffensiveslurEllipsis of Paki shop.
- CanadaUKderogatoryethnicnot comparableoffensiveslurPakistani, or perceived to be Pakistani.
Origin
Either a clipping of Pakistani or a back-formation from Pakistan. Doublet of Pak.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 巴基躝癱 /巴基𨅬瘫
- 巴基躝癱 /巴基𨅬瘫 (baa¹ gei¹ laan¹ taan²)a Pakistani
French pakos, paki
- pakosa Pakistani
- pakia Pakistani
- pakpaka Pakistani
Hindi पाकी, पाकी
- पाकी (pākī)a Pakistani
- पाकी (pākī)Pakistani
Japanese パキ
- パキ (paki)a Pakistani
Norwegian Bokmål pakkis
- pakkisa Pakistani
Russian пак, па́ки
- пак (pak)a Pakistani
- па́ки (páki)a Pakistani
- па́ковский (pákovskij)Pakistani
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Cite this entry
paki. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paki
“paki.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paki. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paki,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paki.
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