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The name Pakistan (English pronunciation: /ˈpækɪstæn/ ^ⓘ or /pɑːkiˈstɑːn/ ^ⓘ; Template:Lang-ur [paːkɪˈst̪aːn]) means Land of (the) Spiritually Pure in both Urdu and Persian languages. Many South-central Asian states and regions end with the element -stan, such as Afghanistan, PAKISTAN, Baluchistan, Kurdistan, and Turkistan. This -stan is formed from the Iranian root *STA "to stand, stay," and means "place (where one stays), home, country". Iranian peoples have been the principal inhabitants of the various geographical region of the Ancient Persian Empires now occupied by the states for over a thousand years. The names are compounds of -stan and the name of the peoples living there.

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-The name '''Pakistan''' (<small>English pronunciation:</small> {{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Pakistan.ogg|ˈ|p|æ|k|ᵻ|s|t|æ|n}} or {{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Pakistan-2.ogg|p|ɑː|k|i|ˈ|s|t|ɑː|n}}; {{lang-ur|پاکستان}} &nbsp;{{IPA|[paːkɪˈst̪aːn]}}) means ''[[-stan|Land of]] (the) Spiritually Pure'' in both [[Urdu]] and [[Persian language|Persian]] languages. Many [[South-central Asia]]n states and regions end with the element -''stan,'' such as ''Afghanistan,'' ''PAKISTAN,'' ''Baluchistan,'' ''Kurdistan,'' and ''Turkistan.'' This -''stan'' is formed from the Iranian root *STA "to stand, stay," and means "place (where one stays), home, country". Iranian peoples have been the principal inhabitants of the various geographical region of the Ancient [[Persian Empire]]s now occupied by the states for over a thousand years. The names are compounds of -''[[-stan|stan]]'' and the name of the peoples living there. [[Pakistan]] is a bit of an exception; its name was coined on 28 January 1933 as ''{{sic|Pak|stan|hide=y}}'' by [[Choudhary Rahmat Ali]], a [[Pakistan Movement]] activist, who published it in his paper ''[[Pakistan Declaration|Now or Never]]''.<ref name="nowornever">{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00islamlinks/txt_rahmatali_1933.html|title=Now or never: Are we to live or perish for ever?|author=Choudhary Rahmat Ali|publisher=Columbia University|date=28 January 1933|accessdate=4 December 2007}}</ref> by using the suffix -''istan'' from ''Baluch''istan preceded by the initial letters of ''P''unjab, ''A''fghania, ''K''ashmir and ''S''indh. The name is actually an [[acronym]] that stands for the "thirty million Muslim brethren who lived in PAKSTAN—by which we mean the [[Islamic Republic of India|Five Northern units of India]] viz: [[Punjab (Pakistan)|'''P'''unjab]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|('''A'''fghan Province)]], [[Kashmir|'''K'''ashmir]], [[Sindh|'''S'''ind]], and [[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Baluchis'''tan''']]".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.chaudhryrahmatali.com/now%20or%20never/index.htm | title=Rahmat Ali ::Now or Never | publisher=The Pakistan National Movement | accessdate=14 April 2011 | author=Ali, Rahmat | pages=[Unknown] | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110419012150/http://www.chaudhryrahmatali.com/now%20or%20never/index.htm | archivedate=19 April 2011 | df= }}</ref> The letter ''i'' was incorporated to ease pronunciation and forms the linguistically correct and meaningful name.<ref name="davison">{{cite journal |author=Roderic H. Davidson|title=Where is the Middle East?|journal=Foreign Affairs|volume=38|pages=665–675|year=1960|doi=10.2307/20029452|issue=4|jstor=20029452}}</ref>
+The name '''Pakistan''' (<small>English pronunciation:</small> {{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Pakistan.ogg|ˈ|p|æ|k|ᵻ|s|t|æ|n}} or {{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Pakistan-2.ogg|p|ɑː|k|i|ˈ|s|t|ɑː|n}}; {{lang-ur|پاکستان}} &nbsp;{{IPA|[paːkɪˈst̪aːn]}}) means ''[[-stan|Land of]] (the) Spiritually Pure'' in both [[Urdu]] and [[Persian language|Persian]] languages. Many [[South-central Asia]]n states and regions end with the element -''stan,'' such as ''Afghanistan,'' ''PAKISTAN,'' ''Baluchistan,'' ''Kurdistan,'' and ''Turkistan.'' This -''stan'' is formed from the Iranian root *STA "to stand, stay," and means "place (where one stays), home, country". Iranian peoples have been the principal inhabitants of the various geographical region of the Ancient [[Persian Empire]]s now occupied by the states for over a thousand years. The names are compounds of -''[[-stan|stan]]'' and the name of the peoples living there.
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