pakistan

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(isim) Pakistan
{i} Pakistan

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west pakistan
batı pakistan
city of northern india bordering pakistan
Kuzey Hindistan Pakistan sınırındaki şehir
Pakistani
{s} Pakistan
Pakistani
(isim) Pakistanlı
Pakistani
{s} Pakistan, Pakistan'a özgü
Pakistani
{i} Pakistanlı
English - English
Country in South Asia. Official name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan
{i} Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Muslim country in southern Asia bordering on the Arabian Sea
a Muslim country in Asia, west of India and east of Afghanistan and Iran. Population: 144,617,000 (2001). Capital: Islamabad. Pakistan was formed as a new, independent country in 1947, when the British left India and India was divided into separate parts in a process known as 'Partition.' The mainly Hindu part of India became the country now called India, and the mainly Muslim part became Pakistan. Pakistan was also divided into East Pakistan and West Pakistan, but they separated in 1971. East Pakistan became the new country of Bangladesh, and West Pakistan became Pakistan. officially Islamic Republic of Pakistan Country, southern Asia
a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947

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Pakistani
Of, from, or pertaining to Pakistan, or its people
Pakistani
A person from Pakistan or of Pakistani descent
West Pakistan
The western part of Pakistan before it split from Bangladesh
East Pakistan
A former region of southern Asia on the Bay of Bengal. Originally part of Bengal, it was held by the British from c. 1775 and then by Pakistan from 1947 to 1971, when it achieved independence as Bangladesh
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
{i} Pakistan, Muslim country in southern Asia bordering on the Arabian Sea
Pakistani
Pakistani means belonging or relating to Pakistan, or to its people or culture
Pakistani
{i} resident of Pakistan
Pakistani
{s} of or pertaining to Pakistan
Pakistani
A Pakistani is a Pakistani citizen, or a person of Pakistani origin. relating to Pakistan or its people. someone from Pakistan
West Pakistan
A former region of Pakistan (after 1947) separated by about 1,609 km (1,000 mi) from East Pakistan, formerly East Bengal. In 1971 East Pakistan declared its independence as Bangladesh, and West Pakistan became the sole territory governed by Pakistan
pakistani
of or relating to Pakistan or its people or language; "Pakistani mountain passes"; "Pakistani soldiers"
pakistani
a native or inhabitant of Pakistan of or relating to Pakistan or its people or language; "Pakistani mountain passes"; "Pakistani soldiers
pakistani
a native or inhabitant of Pakistan
Turkish - English
Pakistan; Pakistani
Pakistan
Pakistani, of Pakistan
Pakistani

Did Pakistani intelligence really know nothing about the terrorist's whereabouts? - Pakistan istihbaratı gerçekten teröristin nerede olduğu hakkında bir şey biliyor muydu?

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pakistan edebiyatı
pakistani literature
pakistan

    Hyphenation

    Pa·ki·stan

    Turkish pronunciation

    päkîstän

    Pronunciation

    /ˈpakəˌstan/ /ˈpækɪˌstæn/

    Etymology

    () From Urdu and Persian پاکستان "Land of the Pure", from پاک (pak, “pure, holy, immaculate, chaste, undefiled”). The word was coined by 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.

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