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

 

Readings
Classical reading? pāk
Dari reading? pāk
Iranian reading? pâk
Tajik reading? pok

Adjective

Dari پاک
Iranian Persian
Tajik пок, тоза

پاک • (pâk)

  1. clean, pure
  2. innocent, clean-handed, sinless
  3. holy
  4. (dialectal) all
    پاک مردم رفتنه.
  5. (dialectal) every
  6. (dialectal) everyone

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Assamese: পাক (pak)
  • Azerbaijani: pak
  • Bengali: পাক (pak)
  • Gujarati: પાક (pāk)
  • Old Hindi: पाक (pāka)
  • Maithili: pāk
    Devanagari script: पाक
    Tirhuta script: 𑒣𑒰𑒏
  • Old Punjabi: ਪਾਕੁ (pāku)
  • Sindhi:
    Arabic script: پاڪُ
    Devanagari script: पाकु
  • Sylheti: ꠙꠣꠇ (fax)
  • Ottoman Turkish: پاك (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 Classical Persian پاک (pāk).

Adjective

پاک • (pāk) (Hindi spelling पाक)

  1. clean, pure

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu پاک (pāk).

Noun

پاک (pāk)

  1. bright, pure
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