पाक

Hindi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɑːk/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

पाक • (pāk) m

Short for पाकिस्तान (pākistān).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian (pâk).

Adjective

पाक • (pāk)

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

Sanskrit

Adjective

पाक • (pāka)

very young.

Noun

पाक • (pāka) m

the young of an animal.
a child, infant.

Noun

पाक • (pāka) m

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

References

Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0614

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