पाक

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɑːk/, [päːk]

Etymology 1

Proper noun

पाक • (pāk) m

1. Short for पाकिस्तान (pākistān).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian پاک (pâk).

Adjective

पाक • (pāk)

1. clean, pure

   Synonyms: शुद्ध (śuddh), ख़ालिस (xālis)

Derived terms

• पाकिस्तान (pākistān) (according to one etymology)

References

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

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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.