Pakistani

See also: pakistani and pakistaní

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pewH-

Classical Persian پَاک (pāk)bor.

Urdu پَاک (pāk)

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *os

Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáHnam

Middle Persian -stʾn'

Classical Persian ـِسْتَان (-istān)bor.

Urdu ـِسْتان (-istān)

Urdu پاکستان (pākistān)bor.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́ps

Proto-Iranian *Hā́fš

Old Persian 𐎠𐎱𐎡𐎹𐎠 (a-p-i-y-a)

Middle Persian ʾp̄

Classical Persian آب (āb)

Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe

Proto-Indo-Iranian *pánča

Proto-Iranian *pánča

Classical Persian پنج

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Sanskrit पञ्चनद (pañcanada)calq.

Classical Persian پَنْجَاب (panjāb)bor.

Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬ / پنجاب (pañjāb)bor.

English Punjab

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epóder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂épo

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hápa

Proto-Iranian *Hápa

Bactrian *apāka-

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Bactrian *-āna

Bactrian αβαγανο (abagano)der.

Classical Persian افغانbor.

English Afghan

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -iader.

English -ia

English Afghania

Proto-Indo-European *kes-?

Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaćyápas

Sanskrit कश्यप (kaśyapa)

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *mer-?

Proto-Indo-European *móri?

Sanskrit मीर (mīra)

Sanskrit कश्यपमीर (kaśyapamīra)clip.

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Sanskrit कश्यप (kaśyapa)

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

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Proto-Indo-European *móri?

Sanskrit मेरु (meru)

Sanskrit कश्यपमेरु (kaśyapameru)clip.

Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra)lbor.

Hindi कश्मीर (kaśmīr)bor.

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Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra)bor.

Classical Persian کشمیرbor.

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Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra)lbor.

Urdu کشمیرbor.

English Kashmir

Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš

Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu)slbor.

Urdu سِنْدھ (sindh)bor.

English Sindh

Classical Persian بلوچ

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Classical Persian ـستان

Classical Persian بَلوچِسْتَان (balōčistān)bor.

Urdu بَلوچِسْتان (balocistān)bor.

English Balochistan

English Pakistan

Proto-Afroasiatic

Proto-Semitic

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)bor.

Hebrew ־י (-i)bor.

Middle Persian yḥ (īh)

Middle Persian ig

Persian ـی (-ī)bor.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *i-

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ikas

Sanskrit -इक (-ika)

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-iHyas

Sanskrit -ईय (-īya)

Prakrit -इय (-iya)

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Classical Persian ـِی (-ī)influ.

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Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)influ.

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Sanskrit -ई (-ī)influ.

Hindi -ई (-ī)bor.

Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 (yḥ /⁠-īh⁠/)

Classical Persian ـِی (-ī)bor.

Urdu ـی (-ī)bor.

English -i

English Pakistani

From Pakistan + -i.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

Pakistani (plural Pakistanis)

1. A person from Pakistan or of Pakistani descent.

   Synonym: Pak

   • 2022 June 15, Rhea Mogul, “Pakistanis told to drink less tea as nation grapples with economic crisis”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The country’s Federal Minister for Planning and Development, Ahsan Iqbal, on Tuesday told reporters that Pakistanis could reduce their tea consumption by “one or two cups” per day as imports are putting additional financial strain on the government.

Translations

a person from Pakistan or of Pakistani descent

Albanian: pakistanez (sq) m Arabic: بَاكِسْتَانِيّ m (bākistāniyy) Armenian: պակիստանցի (pakistancʻi) Asturian: paquistanín (ast) m, paquistanina (ast) f Azerbaijani: pakistanlı Belarusian: пакіста́нец m (pakistánjec), пакіста́нка f (pakistánka) Bengali: পাকিস্তানি (bn) (pakistani) Bulgarian: пакиста́нец m (pakistánec), пакиста́нка f (pakistánka) Catalan: pakistanès (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 巴基斯坦人 (zh) (bājīsītǎnrén) Czech: Pákistánec (cs) m, Pákistánka (cs) f Danish: pakistaner c Dutch: Pakistaan (nl) m, Pakistaanse (nl) f, Pakistani (nl) m Esperanto: pakistanano (man or woman), pakistananino (woman) Estonian: pakistanlane Finnish: pakistanilainen (fi) French: Pakistanais (fr) m, Pakistanaise (fr) f Galician: paquistaní m or f Georgian: პაკისტანელი (ṗaḳisṭaneli) German: Pakistaner (de) m, Pakistanerin (de) f, Pakistani (de) m or f Greek: Πακιστανός (el) m (Pakistanós) Hawaiian: Pakitana Hebrew: פָּקִיסְטָנִי m (pakistáni) Hindi: पाकिस्तानी (hi) m or f (pākistānī) Hungarian: pakisztáni (hu) Irish: Pacastánach m Italian: pachistano (it) m, pachistana f, pakistano (it) m, pakistana f Japanese: パキスタン人 (ja) (パキスタンじん, pakisutanjin) Kazakh: пәкістандық (päkistandıq) Korean: 파키스탄인 (pakiseutanin), 파키스탄 사람 (pakiseutan saram) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: pakistanî (ku) Kyrgyz: пакистандык (pakistandık) Latvian: pakistānietis m, pakistāniete f Lithuanian: pakistanietis (lt) m, pakistanietė (lt) f Macedonian: Пакиста́нец m (Pakistánec), Пакиста́нка f (Pakistánka) Marathi: पाकिस्तानी (mr) (pākistānī) Norwegian: Bokmål: pakistaner (no) m Nynorsk: pakistanar (nn) m Pashto: پاکستاني (pākestāni) Persian: پاکِسْتانی (pâkestâni) Polish: Pakistańczyk (pl) m, Pakistanka (pl) f Portuguese: paquistanês (pt) m Romanian: pakistanez (ro) m, pakistaneză (ro) f Russian: пакиста́нец (ru) m (pakistánec), пакиста́нка (ru) f (pakistánka) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Пакиста́нац m, Пакистанка f Latin: Pakistánac (sh) m, Pakistanka f Slovak: Pakistanec (sk) m, Pakistanka f Slovene: Pakistanec m, Pakistanka Spanish: pakistaní (es) m or f, paquistaní (es) m or f Swahili: Mpakistani (sw) Swedish: pakistanier (sv) c Tagalog: pakistani Tajik: покистонӣ (pokistoni) Turkish: Pakistanlı (tr) Turkmen: päkistanly Ukrainian: пакіста́нець m (pakistánecʹ), пакіста́нка f (pakistánka) Urdu: پاکِسْتانی (pākistānī) Uyghur: پاكىستانلىق (pakistanliq) Uzbek: pokistonlik Vietnamese: người Pa-ki-xtan

Adjective

Pakistani (comparative more Pakistani, superlative most Pakistani)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Pakistan, or its people.
   • 2025 April 7, Rhea Mogul, “Pakistani star’s Bollywood return excites fans and riles far right”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     Fawad Khan, an actor, singer and producer with a huge following in India, announced his Bollywood comeback last week, sending fans into a frenzy, 18 months after an Indian court effectively ruled that a de facto industry ban on Pakistani talent imposed in 2016 was illegal.

Derived terms

• Paki
• Pakistani Gypsy
• Pakistaniness
• Paklish
• Paxtani
• Pinglish
• Pukistani

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Pakistan, or its people

Albanian: pakistanez (sq) Arabic: بَاكِسْتَانِيّ (bākistāniyy) Armenian: պակիստան (pakistan) Asturian: paquistanín (ast) Azerbaijani: pakistanlı Belarusian: пакіста́нскі (pakistánski) Bengali: পাকিস্তানি (bn) (pakistani) Bulgarian: пакиста́нски (pakistánski) Burmese: ပါကစ္စတန် (pakacca.tan) Catalan: pakistanès (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 巴基斯坦 (zh) (Bājīsītǎn), 巴基斯坦的 (zh) (Bājīsītǎn de) Czech: pákistánský (cs) Danish: pakistansk Dutch: Pakistaans (nl) Finnish: pakistanilainen (fi) French: pakistanais (fr) Galician: paquistaní Georgian: პაკისტანური (ṗaḳisṭanuri) German: pakistanisch (de) Greek: πακιστανικός (el) (pakistanikós) Hawaiian: Pakitana Hebrew: פָּקִיסְטָנִי (pakistáni) Hindi: पाकिस्तानी (hi) (pākistānī) Hungarian: pakisztáni (hu) Icelandic: pakistanskur Irish: Pacastánach Italian: pachistano (it), pakistano (it) Japanese: パキスタンの (ja) (Pakisutan no) Kazakh: пәкістандық (päkistandıq) Khmer: ប៉ាគីស្ថាន (km) (paakiisthaan) Korean: 파키스탄의 (ko) (Pakiseutan-ui) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: pakistanî (ku) Kyrgyz: пакистандык (pakistandık) Lao: ປາກິດສະຖານ (lo) (pā kit sa thān) Latvian: pakistāniešu, pakistānisks Macedonian: пакистански (pakistanski) Malay: Pakistan (ms) Marathi: पाकिस्तानी (mr) (pākistānī) Norwegian: Bokmål: pakistansk (no) Nynorsk: pakistansk (nn) Pashto: پاکستاني (pākestāni) Persian: پاکِسْتانی (pâkestâni) Polish: pakistański (pl) Portuguese: paquistanês (pt) Romanian: pakistanez (ro) Russian: пакиста́нский (ru) (pakistánskij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: па̏киста̄нскӣ Latin: pȁkistānskī (sh) Slovak: pakistanský (sk) Slovene: pakistanski Spanish: pakistaní (es) Swedish: pakistansk (sv) Tajik: покистонӣ (pokistoni) Thai: ปากีสถาน (th) (bpaa-gii-sà-tǎan) Turkish: Pakistanlı (tr) Turkmen: päkistanly Ukrainian: пакіста́нський (pakistánsʹkyj) Urdu: پاکِسْتانی (pākistānī) Uyghur: پاكىستانلىق (pakistanliq) Uzbek: pokistonlik Vietnamese: Pa-ki-xtan

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Urdu پاکستانی (pākistānī), perhaps chiefly through English Pakistani (or at least reinforced by it). By surface analysis, Pakistan +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Pakistani m (strong, genitive Pakistanis, plural Pakistanis)

1. (fairly rare) alternative form of Pakistaner

Declension

Declension of Pakistani [masculine, strong]

	singular	plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pakistani	die	Pakistanis
genitive	eines	des	Pakistanis	der	Pakistanis
dative	einem	dem	Pakistani	den	Pakistanis
accusative	einen	den	Pakistani	die	Pakistanis

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰaːcɪsˌtanɪ]

Noun

Pakistani m (genitive singular Pakistana, nominative plural Pakistanar or (rare) Pakistanir)

1. Pakistani (person from Pakistan)

Declension

Declension of Pakistani (masculine)

	singular	plural
indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Pakistani	Pakistaninn	Pakistanar, Pakistanir1	Pakistanarnir, Pakistanirnir1
accusative	Pakistana	Pakistanann	Pakistana, Pakistani1	Pakistanana, Pakistanina1
dative	Pakistana	Pakistananum	Pakistönum	Pakistönunum
genitive	Pakistana	Pakistanans	Pakistana	Pakistananna

¹Rare.

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Pakistani

1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

   Synonym: Pakistan