شکرستان
Persian
editEtymology
editFrom شکر (šekar, “sugar”) + ـستان (-estân).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʃa.ka.ɾis.ˈtɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʃe.kʰʲæ.ɹes.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʃä.kʰä.ɾis.t̪ʰɔ́n]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | šakaristān |
Dari reading? | šakaristān |
Iranian reading? | šekarestân |
Tajik reading? | šakariston |
Noun
editشکرستان • (šekarestân) (archaic)
- sugarcane plantation
- (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.
- xanda'ē kun šakaristān-i dahan bāz gušāy
Descendants
edit- → Ottoman Turkish: شكرستان (şekeristan)