Покистон

Tajik

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu پَاکِسْتَان (pākistān), from Classical Persian پَاک (pāk) + ـِسْتَان (-istān). By surface analysis, пок (pok, “pure, clean”) +‎ -истон (-iston).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pokiston/, [pʰɔ.kʰis.t̪ʰɔn]

Proper noun

Dari	پاکستان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Покистон

Покистон • (Pokiston) (Persian spelling پاکستان)

1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

Derived terms

• покистонӣ (pokistoni)

Uzbek

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic	Покистон‍
Latin	Pokiston‍
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan)

Proper noun

Покистон (Pokiston)

1. Cyrillic spelling of Pokiston (“Pakistan”): Pakistan (a country in South Asia)