گلبن
Persian
editEtymology
editFrom گل (gol, “rose”) + بن (bon, “bush”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɡul.ˈbun]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɡ̥ol.bón]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɡul.bún]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | gulbun |
Dari reading? | gulbun |
Iranian reading? | golbon |
Tajik reading? | gulbun |
Noun
editگلبن • (golbon)
- rosebush
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 85:
- ای گلبن دولت که شود زنده جاوید
سر گر کند از عشق تو بردار بنفشه- ay gulbun-i dawlat ki šawad zinda-yi jāwēd
sar gar kunad az išq-i tō bardār banafša - O rosebush of fortune that shall live forever!
If it is blossoming out of love for you, pick up the pansy.
- ay gulbun-i dawlat ki šawad zinda-yi jāwēd
Further reading
edit- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “گلبن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim