पाक

See also: पीक and पोका

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɑːk/, [päːk]

Etymology 1

Proper noun

पाक • (pāk) m (Urdu spelling پاک)

1. Short for पाकिस्तान (pākistān, “Pakistan”).

Declension

Declension of पाक (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	पाक pāk
oblique	पाक pāk
vocative	पाक pāk

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian پاک (pāk). First attested as Old Hindi पाक (pāka). Doublet of पावक (pāvak).

Adjective

पाक • (pāk) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling پاک)

1. clean, pure

   Synonyms: शुद्ध (śuddh), ख़ालिस (xālis)

Derived terms

• पाकिस्तान (pākistān) (according to one etymology)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पाक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pak/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘢𑘰𑘎 (pāka), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀧𑀓𑁆𑀓 (pakka), from Sanskrit पक्व (pakvá). Related to पक्के (pakke), पोक्त (pokta). Compare Konkani पांक (pā̃k), Gujarati પાક (pāk).

Noun

पाक • (pāk) m

1. sugar syrup

Descendants

• → Kannada: ಪಾಕ (pāka)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

पाक • (pāk) m

1. Short for पाकिस्तान (pākistān, “Pakistan”).

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “पाक”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पाक”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “पाक”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pakvá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Old Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پاک (pāk). Compare Old Punjabi ਪਾਕੁ (pāku).

Adjective

पाक (pāka)

1. pure, clean

Descendants

• Hindustani: pāk

  Hindi: पाक

  Urdu: پاک (pāk)

Further reading

• Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 546

Sanskrit

Adjective

पाक • (pāka) stem

1. very young

Noun

पाक • (pāka) stem, m

1. the young of an animal
2. a child, infant

Noun

पाक • (pāka) stem, m

1. cooking, baking, roasting, boiling
2. any cooked or dressed food

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पाक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0614.