Paki
ethnic slur intended for Pakistani in the UK
Paki is a British English racial slur targeted at Pakistanis. It is mostly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, America, and India. The word is taken from the Persian, Urdu, and Pashto word Pak (پاک) which means purity in the Persian, Pashto, and Urdu languages.[1][2]
References
change- ↑ Raverty, Henry George. A Dictionary of Pashto. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ "Monier-Williams Sanskrit Dictionary". 1872. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.