گلستان

Persian

Etymology

گل‎ (gol, “rose”) +‎ ـستان‎ (-estân).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ɡʊ.lɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ɡʊ.lɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ɡu.lis.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

Readings
Classical reading? gulistān
Dari reading? gulistān
Iranian reading? golestân
Tajik reading? guliston
  • Rhymes: -ân

Noun
Dari Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Iranian Persian
Tajik гулистон

گلستان • (golestân)

  1. rose garden
    Synonym: گلزار‎ (golzâr)
    • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 162”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎:
      ‏غنیمت دان و می خور در گلستان
      که گل تا هفتهٔ دیگر نباشد      ‎
      ğanīmat dān u may xwar dar gulistān
      ki gul tā hafta-yi dīgar na-bāšad
      Know the opportunity and drink wine in the rose garden,
      For next week, the rose will be no more.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: gülüstan
  • → Bengali: গুলিস্তান (gulistan)
  • → Gujarati: ગુલિસ્તાન (gulistān)
  • → Hindi: गुलिस्तान (gulistān)
  • → Karakalpak: gúlistan
  • → Kazakh: гүлстан (gülstan)
  • → Kyrgyz: гүлстан (gülstan)
  • → Turkish: gülistan
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • → Uyghur: گۈلىستان‎ (gülistan)
  • → Uzbek: guliston

Proper noun
Dari Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Iranian Persian
Tajik Гулистон

گلستان • (golestân)

  1. the Gulistan of Sa'di, a renowned thirteenth-century prosimetrum
  2. Golestan (a province of Iran)

Descendants
  • → Gujarati: ગુલિસ્તાન (gulistān)

Urdu

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Noun

گلستان • (gulistān) m (Hindi spelling गुलिस्तान)

  1. rose garden, flower garden, garden, flower-bed
  2. poetry collection
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