2006-11-30 21:44:39 · 9 answers · asked by sj_nolan 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
well pakistan actually means pak- stan
that is
the land of the 'paks'
pak means pure
also the founding fathers of pakistan had conceived the name pakistan as it carried parts from various areas of pakistan
p was for punjab province
k was for kashmir
s was from sindh province
-tan was taken from balochistan province
it was sumin like that
2006-12-01 06:04:05 · answer #1 · answered by Shariq M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pakistani Pak'i·stan'i (-stÄn'Ä, -stä'nÄ) adj. & n.
WORD HISTORY Many central and south Asian states and regions end with the element –stan, such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Baluchistan, Kurdistan, and Turkistan. This –stan is formed from the Iranian root *stÄ–, “to stand, stay,” and means “place (where one stays), home, country.” Iranian peoples have been the principal inhabitants of the geographical region occupied by these states for over a thousand years. The names are compounds of –stan and the name of the people living there. Pakistan is a bit of an exception; its name was coined in 1933 using the suffix –istan from Baluchistan preceded by the initial letters of Punjab, Afghanistan, and Kashmir. • Interestingly, a word almost identical in form, etymology, and meaning to the Iranian suffix –stan is found in Polish, which has a word stan meaning “state” (in the senses of both polity and condition). It can be found in the Polish name for the “United States of America,” Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki (literally “States United of America”).
2006-12-01 05:48:52 · answer #2 · answered by bootsy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The name "Pakistan" means "Land of the Pure" in Sindhi, Urdu and Persian. It was coined in 1933 by Choudhary Rahmat Ali, who published it in the pamphlet Now or Never. The name was coined from the then proposed five provinces of British India to be formed into a separate country to escape Hindu discrimination. P (Punjab), A (Afgania), K(Kashmir), S (Sind) and TAN (Blouchistan) meaning land. Hence the land of the five provinces. The name also infers that the people of this land are 'pure'.
2006-12-01 05:58:05 · answer #3 · answered by zep 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you're wrong, Pakistan is is made up of Pact Islamic Stand, which historically homeland for muslim in subcontinent, where the partition event Pakistan from India was to create muslim homeland so that they will be able to preserve their identity and their tradition, because that time muslim india consider that it was hard to life together with hindus due to extreme different in their belief.
2006-12-01 05:57:29 · answer #4 · answered by meylia_id 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats the famous mr pak man!! stan is his cross dressing brother. what a nation got to love it
2006-12-01 05:46:59 · answer #5 · answered by help you 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
pakistan, stands for "The Holy Land" as far as I understand, as "pak" means holy in their language
2006-12-01 05:46:53 · answer #6 · answered by pravkas 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"stan", I don't know, but the whole word means The Noble Country.
2006-12-01 05:48:00 · answer #7 · answered by Jana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no ur wrong
its made of PAK & STHAN
pak meaning in PURE in urdu and arabic
and sthan meaning place in hindi
so its PURE PLACE
2006-12-01 05:49:10 · answer #8 · answered by shabz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means pak - muslim istan -land ...muslim land
2006-12-01 05:47:30 · answer #9 · answered by Bazil 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋