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From Urdu and Persian FAchar|پاکستا� "Land of the Pure". The word was coined by w:Choudhary Rahmat Ali|Choudhary Rahmat Ali, who published it in the pamphlet Now or Never issued on January 28, 1933 as an acronym of the names of the "Muslim homelands" of western India � Punjab, Afghania, Kashmir, Sindh, and Balochistan. An i was later added to the English rendition of the name to ease pronunciation.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�pa�kɪst̪a�n/

Proper noun
en-proper noun

1. Country in South Asia. Official name: w:Islamic Republic of Pakistan|Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Translations
trans-top|country in South Asia
Arabic: ARchar|با�ستا� (bakist�n)
Armenian: Õ�Õ¡Õ¯Õ«Õ½Õ¿Õ¡Õ¶ (Pakistan)
Belarusian: �ак���ан (Pakistán) m
Balochi: پاکستا� (P�kest�n)
Bengali: পা�িস�তান (P�kist�n)
Bosnian: t-|bs|Pakistan|m
Breton: Pakistan
Catalan: Pakistan
Chinese: 巴��� (B�jīsīt�n), 巴��������� (B�jīsīt�n Yīsīlán gònghéguó)
Croatian: t-|hr|Pakistan|m
Czech: Pákistán m
Danish: t-|da|Pakistan
Dari: FAchar|پاکستا� (Pakestân)
Dhivehi: �ާ�ި�ް�ާ�ް (P�kist�n)
Dutch: t+|nl|Pakistan
Esperanto: Pakistano
Finnish: t+|fi|Pakistan
French: t+|fr|Pakistan|m
Georgian: ��������� (pakistani)
German: t+|de|Pakistan
Greek: Πακι��άν (Pakistán)
Hebrew: פק�ס�� (Pakistán)
Hindi: पा�िस�तान (P�kist�n)
Hungarian: t|hu|Pakisztán
Interlingua: Pakistan
Italian: t-|it|Pakistan|m
Japanese: t+|ja|�����|trPakisutan|scJpan
Kazakh: RUchar|��к���ан (Pækistan)
Korean: ���� (Pakiseutan)
Kurdish: t-|ku|پاکستا�|sc=KUchar
Lak: �аки���ан (Pakisttan)
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Latvian: Pakist�na
Lithuanian: Pakistanas
Malayalam: പാ���ിസ�ഥാന� (P�kkisth�n)
Maltese: il-Pakistan
Marathi: पा�िस�तान (P�kist�n)
Norwegian: t-|no|Pakistan
Punjabi: ਪਾ�ਿਸਤਾਨ (P�kist�n)
Pashto: FAchar|پاکستا� (Pakestân)
Persian: t-|fa|پاکستا�|trPakestân|scFAchar|xs=Persian
Polish: t+|pl|Pakistan
Portuguese: Paquistão m
Romanian: t-|ro|Pakistan|n
Russian: t+|ru|�аки��ан|m|trPakistán|scCyrl
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �аки��ан#Serbian|�аки��ан m
:Roman: Pakistan#Serbian|Pakistan m
Sindhi: SDchar|پاڪستا� (P�kist�n)
Slovene: t+|sl|Pakistan|m
Spanish: Pakistán m, Paquistán m
Swedish: t+|sv|Pakistan
Tajik: �оки��он (Pokiston)
Tamil: பா�ிஸ�தான� (P�kist�n), பா���ிஸ�தான� (P�kkist�n)
Thai: THchar|�า�ีส�า� (bpaageesàt�an)
Tatar: Pakistan#Tatar|Pakistan
Turkish: t+|tr|Pakistan
Ukrainian: t-|uk|�аки��ан|m|trPakistán|scCyrl|xs=Ukrainian
Urdu: t-|ur|پاکستا�|trP�kist�n|scURchar|xs=Urdu
Uyghur: ���ﯩﺴ��ﻥ (Pakistan)
Uzbek: �оки��он (Pokiston)
Vietnamese: Pa-ki-xtan
Yiddish: פ�ַק�ס��ַ� (Pakistán)
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See also
Countries of the world

Category:Countries

Bosnian

Proper noun
Pakistan m

1. Pakistan#English|Pakistan

Category:bs:Countries

Croatian

Proper noun
infl|hr|proper noun|g=m

1. #English|Pakistan

Category:hr:Countries

French

Proper noun
Pakistan m

1. Pakistan

Derived terms
Pakistanais
pakistanais

Category:fr:Countries

Norwegian

Proper noun
Pakistan

1. #English|Pakistan

Related terms
pakistaner, pakkis (offensive)
pakistansk

Category:no:Countries

Serbian

Proper noun
Pakistan m

1. Pakistan#English|Pakistan

See also
�аки��ан#Serbian|�аки��ан

Category:sr:Countries

Swedish

Proper noun
Pakistan

1. Pakistan

Category:sv:Countries

Tatar

Proper noun
Pakistan

1. Pakistan#English|Pakistan

Declension
tt-latin-noun|nıñ|ga|nı|da|dan

Category:Tatar proper nouns
Category:tt:Countries

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ku:Pakistan
hu:Pakistan
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