Girl · Persian (Urdu usage) · Muslim
Pakeeza
پاکیزہSay it paa-KEE-za
- Meaning today
- Pure, chaste, unblemished
- Original meaning
- "pure, chaste; innocent; purity, chastity" Steingass, p. 232
- Say it
- paa-KEE-za
- Written
- پاکیزہ
- Other spellings
- Pakiza, Pakeezah, Pakizah
Pakeeza
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Pakeeza meaning
Pakeeza (پاکیزہ) is a Muslim girl's name of Persian origin (Urdu usage).
Pure, chaste; innocent; purity, chastity
Also used to mean: unblemished
Pakeeza (پاکیزہ) is the Persian pākīza, built on pāk, "pure, clean", the same word that is in Pakistan. Steingass's dictionary defines pākīza as pure, chaste and innocent, and also as purity and chastity, and lists compounds such as pākīza-dil, "pure of heart". In Urdu and Hindi pākīza is an everyday word for something clean or pure. Name lists give Pakeeza as "pure" or "chaste", matching the dictionary. Many Indians know the word from Kamal Amrohi's film Pakeezah (1972), starring Meena Kumari.
Source: Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian–English Dictionary (1892), p. 232 · entry pākīza (پاكيزه) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Steingass, Persian–English Dictionary, pākīza, p. 232 · Wikipedia, Pakeezah
Spellings
Pakeeza · Pakiza · Pakeezah · Pakizah