EAST PAKISTANI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does East Pakistani mean? 

• EAST PAKISTANI (adjective)
  The adjective EAST PAKISTANI has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Bangladesh or its people or language

  Familiarity information: EAST PAKISTANI used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EAST PAKISTANI (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Bangladesh or its people or language

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Bangladeshi; East Pakistani

Context example:

Bangladeshi dialects

Pertainym:

Bangladesh (a Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971. In local language, 'Bangladesh' means Land of the Bengalis ('Bangla' means Bengali, 'desh' means land or country))