Pakistani

See also: pakistani and pakistaní

English

Etymology

From Pakistan +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Pakistani (plural Pakistanis)

1. A person from Pakistan or of Pakistani descent.

   Synonym: Pak

   • 2022 June 15, Rhea Mogul, “Pakistanis told to drink less tea as nation grapples with economic crisis”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The country’s Federal Minister for Planning and Development, Ahsan Iqbal, on Tuesday told reporters that Pakistanis could reduce their tea consumption by “one or two cups” per day as imports are putting additional financial strain on the government.

Translations

a person from Pakistan or of Pakistani descent

• Albanian: pakistanez (sq) m
• Arabic: بَاكِسْتَانِيّ m (bākistāniyy)
• Armenian: պակիստանցի (pakistancʻi)
• Azerbaijani: pakistanlı
• Belarusian: пакіста́нец m (pakistánjec), пакіста́нка f (pakistánka)
• Bengali: পাকিস্তানি (bn) (pakistani)
• Bulgarian: пакиста́нец m (pakistánec), пакиста́нка f (pakistánka)
• Catalan: pakistanès (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴基斯坦人 (zh) (bājīsītǎnrén)

• Czech: Pákistánec (cs) m, Pákistánka (cs) f
• Danish: pakistaner c
• Dutch: Pakistaan (nl) m, Pakistaanse (nl) f, Pakistani (nl) m
• Esperanto: pakistanano (man or woman), pakistananino (woman)
• Estonian: pakistanlane
• Finnish: pakistanilainen (fi)
• French: Pakistanais (fr) m, Pakistanaise (fr) f
• Galician: paquistaní m or f
• Georgian: პაკისტანელი (ṗaḳisṭaneli)
• German: Pakistaner (de) m, Pakistanerin (de) f, Pakistani (de) m or f
• Greek: Πακιστανός (el) m (Pakistanós)
• Hawaiian: Pakitana
• Hebrew: פָּקִיסְטָנִי m (pakistáni)
• Hindi: पाकिस्तानी (hi) m (pākistānī)
• Hungarian: pakisztáni (hu)
• Irish: Pacastánach m
• Italian: pachistano (it) m, pachistana f, pakistano (it) m, pakistana f
• Japanese: パキスタン人 (ja) (パキスタンじん, pakisutanjin)
• Kazakh: пәкістандық (päkıstandyq)
• Korean: 파키스탄인 (pakiseutanin), 파키스탄 사람 (pakiseutan saram)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: pakistanî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: пакистандык (pakistandık)
• Latvian: pakistānietis m, pakistāniete f
• Lithuanian: pakistanietis (lt) m, pakistanietė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Пакиста́нец m (Pakistánec), Пакиста́нка f (Pakistánka)
• Marathi: पाकिस्तानी (mr) (pākistānī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pakistaner (no) m

  Nynorsk: pakistanar (nn) m

• Pashto: پاکستاني (pākestāni)
• Persian: پاکِسْتانی (pâkestâni)
• Polish: Pakistańczyk (pl) m, Pakistanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: paquistanês (pt) m
• Romanian: pakistanez (ro) m, pakistaneză (ro) f
• Russian: пакиста́нец (ru) m (pakistánec), пакиста́нка (ru) f (pakistánka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Пакиста́нац m, Пакистанка f

  Roman: Pakistánac (sh) m, Pakistanka f

• Slovak: Pakistanec (sk) m, Pakistanka f
• Slovene: Pakistanec m, Pakistanka
• Spanish: pakistaní (es) m or f, paquistaní (es) m or f
• Swedish: pakistanier (sv) c
• Tagalog: pakistani
• Tajik: покистонӣ (pokistoni)
• Turkish: Pakistanlı (tr)
• Turkmen: päkistanly
• Ukrainian: пакіста́нець m (pakistánecʹ), пакіста́нка f (pakistánka)
• Urdu: پاکِسْتانی (pākistānī)
• Uyghur: پاكىستانلىق (pakistanliq)
• Uzbek: pokistonlik
• Vietnamese: người Pa-ki-xtan

Adjective

Pakistani (comparative more Pakistani, superlative most Pakistani)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Pakistan, or its people.
   • 2025 April 7, Rhea Mogul, “Pakistani star’s Bollywood return excites fans and riles far right”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     Fawad Khan, an actor, singer and producer with a huge following in India, announced his Bollywood comeback last week, sending fans into a frenzy, 18 months after an Indian court effectively ruled that a de facto industry ban on Pakistani talent imposed in 2016 was illegal.

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Pakistan, or its people

• Albanian: pakistanez (sq)
• Arabic: بَاكِسْتَانِيّ (bākistāniyy)
• Armenian: պակիստան (pakistan)
• Azerbaijani: pakistanlı
• Belarusian: пакіста́нскі (pakistánski)
• Bengali: পাকিস্তানি (bn) (pakistani)
• Bulgarian: пакиста́нски (pakistánski)
• Burmese: ပါကစ္စတန် (pakacca.tan)
• Catalan: pakistanès (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴基斯坦 (zh) (Bājīsītǎn), 巴基斯坦的 (zh) (Bājīsītǎn de)

• Czech: pákistánský (cs)
• Danish: pakistansk
• Dutch: Pakistaans (nl)
• Finnish: pakistanilainen (fi)
• French: pakistanais (fr)
• Galician: paquistaní
• Georgian: პაკისტანური (ṗaḳisṭanuri)
• German: pakistanisch (de)
• Greek: πακιστανικός (el) (pakistanikós)
• Hawaiian: Pakitana
• Hebrew: פָּקִיסְטָנִי (pakistáni)
• Hindi: पाकिस्तानी (hi) (pākistānī)
• Hungarian: pakisztáni (hu)
• Icelandic: pakistanskur
• Irish: Pacastánach
• Italian: pachistano (it), pakistano (it)
• Japanese: パキスタンの (ja) (Pakisutan no)
• Kazakh: пәкістандық (päkıstandyq)
• Khmer: ប៉ាគីស្ថាន (km) (paakiisthaan)
• Korean: 파키스탄의 (ko) (pakiseutan-ui)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: pakistanî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: пакистандык (pakistandık)
• Lao: ປາກິດສະຖານ (lo) (pā kit sa thān)
• Latvian: pakistāniešu, pakistānisks
• Macedonian: пакистански (pakistanski)
• Malay: Pakistan (ms)
• Marathi: पाकिस्तानी (mr) (pākistānī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pakistansk (no)

  Nynorsk: pakistansk (nn)

• Pashto: پاکستاني (pākestāni)
• Persian: پاکِسْتانی (pâkestâni)
• Polish: pakistański (pl)
• Portuguese: paquistanês (pt)
• Romanian: pakistanez (ro)
• Russian: пакиста́нский (ru) (pakistánskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: па̏киста̄нскӣ

  Roman: pȁkistānskī (sh)

• Slovak: pakistanský (sk)
• Slovene: pakistanski
• Spanish: pakistaní (es)
• Swedish: pakistansk (sv)
• Tajik: покистонӣ (pokistoni)
• Thai: ปากีสถาน (th) (bpaa-gii-sà-tǎan)
• Turkish: Pakistanlı (tr)
• Turkmen: päkistanly
• Ukrainian: пакіста́нський (pakistánsʹkyj)
• Urdu: پاکِسْتانی (pākistānī)
• Uyghur: پاكىستانلىق (pakistanliq)
• Uzbek: pokistonlik
• Vietnamese: Pa-ki-xtan

Derived terms

• Pukistani

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Urdu پاکستانی (pākistānī), perhaps chiefly through English Pakistani (or at least reinforced by it). By surface analysis, Pakistan +‎ -i.

Noun

Pakistani m (strong, genitive Pakistanis, plural Pakistanis)

1. (fairly rare) Alternative form of Pakistaner

Declension

Declension of Pakistani [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pakistani	die	Pakistanis
genitive	eines	des	Pakistanis	der	Pakistanis
dative	einem	dem	Pakistani	den	Pakistanis
accusative	einen	den	Pakistani	die	Pakistanis

Icelandic

Noun

Pakistani m (genitive singular Pakistana, nominative plural Pakistanar or (rare) Pakistanir)

1. Pakistani (person from Pakistan)

Declension

Declension of Pakistani (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Pakistani	Pakistaninn	Pakistanar, Pakistanir1	Pakistanarnir, Pakistanirnir1
accusative	Pakistana	Pakistanann	Pakistana, Pakistani1	Pakistanana, Pakistanina1
dative	Pakistana	Pakistananum	Pakistönum	Pakistönunum
genitive	Pakistana	Pakistanans	Pakistana	Pakistananna

¹Rare.

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Pakistani

1. Pakistan (a country in South Asia)

   Synonym: Pakistan