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Where does “Пакистан” come from?
Пакистан (Mongolian) comes from English Pakistan, from Urdu پاکستان, from Classical Persian پَاک.
Ancestry of “Пакистан”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
English
Pakistan
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2
Urdu
پاکستان
Land of the Pure
3
Classical Persian
پَاک
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