شکرستان

Persian

Etymology

شکر (šekar, “sugar”) +‎ ـستان (-estân).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃa.ka.ɾis.ˈtɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.kʰä.ɾɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.kʰä.ɾɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃä.kʰä.ɾɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃä.kʰä.ɾis.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃe.kʰʲæ.ɹes.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃä.kʰä.ɾis.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	šakaristān
Dari reading?	šakaristān
Iranian reading?	šekarestân
Tajik reading?	šakariston

Noun

شکرستان • (šekarestân) (archaic)

1. sugarcane plantation
2. (figurative) lips of the beloved
   • c. 1260, Amīr Khusraw, “Ghazal 1847”, in دیوان امیرخسرو [The Divān of Amīr Khusraw]‎^[1]:

     خنده‌ای کن شکرستان دهن بازگشای
     انگبین زان لب چون برگ سمن باز گشای

     xanda'ē kun šakaristān-i dahan bāz gušāy
     angubīn z-ān lab-i čūn barg-i saman bāz gušāy

     Laugh just once! Open once more the sweet realm of your mouth!
     Open once more the honey from those lips like petals of jasmine.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: شكرستان (şekeristan)