गुलाब

See also: गुलाबी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گلاب (gulâb), compound of گل (gul, “rose”) +‎ آب (âb, “water”). By surface analysis, गुल (gul, “flower”) +‎ आब (āb, “water”).

Compare Punjabi ਗੁਲਾਬ (gulāb) / گُلاب (gulāb), Sindhi گُلابُ / गुलाबु, Gujarati ગુલાબ (gulāb), Marathi गुलाब (gulāb), Konkani गुलाब (gulāb), Odia ଗୋଲାପ (golapô), Bengali গোলাপ (gōlap), Assamese গোলাপ (gülap).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡʊ.lɑːb/, [ɡʊ.läːb]

Noun

गुलाब • (gulāb) m (Urdu spelling گُلَاب)

1. (flower) rose
2. (uncommon) rosewater

Declension

Declension of गुलाब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गुलाब gulāb	गुलाब gulāb
oblique	गुलाब gulāb	गुलाबों gulābõ
vocative	गुलाब gulāb	गुलाबो gulābo

Derived terms

• गुलाबी (gulābī)
• गुलाब जामुन (gulāb jāmun)

Related terms

• गुलिस्तान (gulistān)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गुलाब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گلاب (gulâb), compound of گل (gul, “rose”) +‎ آب (âb, “water”).

Compare Konkani गुलाब (gulāb), Gujarati ગુલાબ (gulāb), Hindustani گُلَاب (gulāb) / गुलाब (gulāb), Sindhi گُلابُ / गुलाबु, Punjabi ਗੁਲਾਬ (gulāb) / گُلاب (gulāb), Odia ଗୋଲାପ (golapô), Bengali গোলাপ (gōlap), Assamese গোলাপ (gülap).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡu.lab/

Noun

गुलाब • (gulāb) m

1. rose

Declension

Declension of गुलाब (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	गुलाब gulāb
direct plural	गुलाब gulāb
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	गुलाब gulāb		गुलाब gulāb
oblique सामान्यरूप	गुलाबा gulābā		गुलाबां- gulābān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	गुलाबाला gulābālā		गुलाबांना gulābānnā
ergative	गुलाबाने, गुलाबानं gulābāne, gulābāna		गुलाबांनी gulābānnī
instrumental	गुलाबाशी gulābāśī		गुलाबांशी gulābānśī
locative सप्तमी	गुलाबात gulābāt		गुलाबांत gulābāt
vocative संबोधन	गुलाबा gulābā		गुलाबांनो gulābānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of गुलाब (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	गुलाबाचा gulābāċā	गुलाबाचे gulābāċe	गुलाबाची gulābācī	गुलाबाच्या gulābācā	गुलाबाचे, गुलाबाचं gulābāċe, gulābāċa	गुलाबाची gulābācī	गुलाबाच्या gulābācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	गुलाबांचा gulābānċā	गुलाबांचे gulābānċe	गुलाबांची gulābāñcī	गुलाबांच्या gulābāncā	गुलाबांचे, गुलाबांचं gulābānċe, gulābānċa	गुलाबांची gulābāñcī	गुलाबांच्या gulābāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• गुलाबजाम (gulābjām)
• गुलाबपाणी (gulābpāṇī, “rose-water”)
• गुलाबी (gulābī, “pink”)

 

See also

• गुलाबाचे फूल (gulābāċe phūl, “the flower of rose”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “गुलाब”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गुलाब”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “गुलाब”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).