گلستان
Persian
editEtymology
editFrom گل (gol, “rose”) + ـستان (-estân).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɡu.lis.ˈtɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ɡ̥o.les.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɡu.lis.t̪ʰɔ́n]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | gulistān |
Dari reading? | gulistān |
Iranian reading? | golestân |
Tajik reading? | guliston |
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
Noun
editDari | گلستان |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | гулистон |
گلستان • (golestân)
- rose garden
- Synonym: گلزار (golzâr)
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 162”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ][1]:
- 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 nabāšad - Know the opportunity and drink wine in the rose garden,
For next week, the rose will be no more.
- ğanīmat dān u may xwar dar gulistān
Descendants
editProper noun
editDari | گلستان |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | Гулистон |
گلستان • (golestân)
Descendants
edit- → Gujarati: ગુલિસ્તાન (gulistān)
Urdu
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian گُلِسْتَان (gulistān). By surface analysis, گل (gul, “flower”) + ـستان (-stān)
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɡʊ.lɪs.t̪ɑːn/
Noun
editگُلِستان • (gulistān) m (Hindi spelling गुलिस्तान)
- rose garden, flower garden, garden, flower-bed
- 1904, Muhammad Iqbal, Tarānā-e-Hind :
- سارے جہاں سے اچھا ہندوستاں ہمارا
ہم بلبلیں ہیں اس کی، یہ گلستاں ہمارا- sāre jahā̃ se acchā, hindostā̃ hamārā.
ham bulbulẽ ha͠i iskī, yah gulistā̃ hamārā. - Better than the whole world, is our India;
we are its nightingales, and it is our flower-garden.
- sāre jahā̃ se acchā, hindostā̃ hamārā.
- سارے جہاں سے اچھا ہندوستاں ہمارا
- poetry collection
Declension
editDeclension of گلستان | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
direct | گُلِستان (gulistān) | گُلِستان (gulistān) | ||||||
oblique | گُلِستان (gulistān) | گُلِستانوں (gulistānõ) | ||||||
vocative | گُلِستان (gulistān) | گُلِستانو (gulistāno) |
References
edit- “گلستان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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