پاک

See also: باک‎, باگ‎, and تاک‎

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (pʾk' /pāk/, “clean, pure, holy”), from Proto-Iranian *pawHākáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pawHākás, from Proto-Indo-European *pewH- (“to cleanse, purify”). Cognate with Sanskrit पावक (pāvaká, “pure, clean, clear”), Latin purus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /pɑːk/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /pɑːk/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /pɒːk/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /pɔk/

Iranian Persian	پاک
Dari	پاک
Tajik	пок (pok)

Adjective

پاک • (pâk)

clean, pure
innocent, clean-handed, sinless
holy
(dialectal) all
پاک مردم رفتنه.‎
(dialectal) every
(dialectal) everyone

Derived terms

پاکستان‎ (pâkestân, “land of the pure”)
پاک‌کن‎ (pâk-kon, “eraser”)
پاک کردن‎ (pâk kardan, “to clean”)

Descendants

→ Assamese: পাক (pak)
→ Azerbaijani: pak
→ Bengali: পাক (pak)
→ Gujarati: પાક (pāk)
→ Old Hindi: पाक (pāka)
- Hindustani: pāk
  Hindi: पाक
  Urdu: پاک‎
→ Maithili: pāk
Devanagari script: पाक

Tirhuta script: 𑒣𑒰𑒏
→ Old Punjabi: ਪਾਕੁ (pāku)
- Punjabi: pāk
  Gurmukhi script: ਪਾਕ
  Shahmukhi script: پاک‎
→ Sindhi:
Arabic script: پاڪُ‎

Devanagari script: पाकु
→ Sylheti: ꠙꠣꠇ (fax)
→ Turkish: pak
→ Uyghur: پاك‎ (pak)
→ Uzbek: pok

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “pāk”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 64.

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (pâk).

Adjective

پاک • (pāk) (Hindi spelling पाक)

clean, pure

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu پاک‎ (pāk).

Noun

پاک (pāk)

bright, pure

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