Pakistan

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Pakistan

/ˌpɑːkɪˈstɑːn/ UK
/ˌpækɪˈstɑːn/ UK
/ˌpakɪˈstɑːn/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˌpɑːkɪˈstɑːn/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˌpɑkɪˈstɑn/ US
/ˈpækɪˌstæn/ US
/ˌpækɪˈstæn/ US
/ˈpækəˌstɑn/ Canada
/ˈpækəˌstæn/ Canada
/ˌpakɪˈstan/ Scotland
/ˈpakɪˈstan/ Scotland

Rhymes with -ɑːn, -ækɪstæn, -ɑːkɪstɑːn

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun

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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: west pakistan, afghanistan, india, armenia, kashmir, bulgaria, islamabad, palestine, pakistani, netherlands, peru, panama, palestinian, sharif, turkistan, islam

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name country in South Asia

Español	Pakistán, Paquistán
한국어	파키스탄 Pakiseutan
日本語	パキスタン Pakisutan
中文	巴基斯坦 Bājīsītǎn
हिन्दी	पाकिस्तान pākistān, पाकिसतान pākistān, पाकिस्तन pākistan, पकिस्तान pakistān, पश्चिमी पाकिस्तान paścimī pākistān
Kiswahili	Pakistani
Português	Paquistão
Français	Pakistan
Deutsch	Pakistan
Italiano	Pakistan, Pachistania
Ελληνικά	Πακιστάν Pakistán
Română	Pakistan
Русский	Пакиста́н Pakistán
Tiếng Việt	Pa-ki-xtan, Hồi Quốc, Tây Hồi
العربية	بَاكِسْتَان bākistān, الْبَاكِسْتَان al-bākistān
עברית	פָּקִיסְטָן pakistán

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@misc{pakistan_2026,
  title = {Pakistan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pakistan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}