What is Paki?
'''Paki''' ([[Urdu]]: پاکے) is a [[British English]] racial slur targeted at [[Pakistani people|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.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.0:1:1478.raverty|title=A Dictionary of Pashto|last=Raverty|first=Henry George|access-date=27 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307070438/http://dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.0:1:1478.raverty|archive-date=7 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=1872|title=Monier-Williams Sanskrit Dictionary|url=http://www.sanskritdictionary.com/sth%C4%81na/274192/1l|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621085817/http://www.sanskritdictionary.com/sth%C4%81na/274192/1l|archive-date=21 June 2015|access-date=28 April 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Pejoratives]] [[Category:English profanity]] [[Category:Slurs]]