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