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borislvinВсе-таки аббревиатура!
One of the not proven variations (or beliefs) about "stan" is in the name - Pakistan. It's said that the modern name was formed in 1933 by combining the suffix "istan" from the existing territory of Baluchistan, with the first letters of Punjab, Afghanistan and Kasmir, thus PAKistan.
In reality, and verified by numerous sources, Pakistan is a composition of two words "PAK" and "ISTAN". PAK is a word of Persian and Urdu and it means "Holy/ Pure/ Clean and "ISTAN" stands for "HOMELAND". Then the true meanings come to "Homeland of Holy People".
http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/stan.htm
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Date: 2003-04-22 01:58 pm (UTC)At this meeting Ch. Rehmat Ali was formally entrusted with the work of the movement. This meeting is important because it was at this meeting that after a great deal of discussion, Khwaja Abdul Rahim suggested the name of Pakistan. This was accepted by all of us spontaneously instead of alternatives such as Muslimabad, Islamabad, etc. The name was not chosen because it contained the first letters of names of areas that were to be in Pakistan. The name was accepted because pak, meaning pakeesgi or purity, is a first necessity before our approach to God. In Islam, pak is cleanliness in its purest form. It is cleanliness distinct from the ‘Non-pak’ cleanliness understood by the Hindus with their cow worship mania. The name Pakistan had an invitation to be free from all un-Godliness and a place where they could humble themselves before Allah in all humility, should He bless us with such a place, and try their best to contribute a better practice in fulfilment of their faith.
http://www.muslim.org/pakistan/name.htm#k
Хотя, впрочем, все может быть. Хорошо бы разобраться, конечно.
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Date: 2003-04-22 02:06 pm (UTC)http://www.mediamonitors.net/nowornever.html
Таки сокращение.
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Date: 2003-04-22 02:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-04-22 02:20 pm (UTC)Но аббревиатура чего именно -- не очевидно.
http://www.zyworld.com/slam33/pakistan.htm
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Date: 2003-04-22 02:30 pm (UTC)