گلناری

Persian

Etymology

From گلنار (golnâr, “pomegranate flower”) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡul.nɑː.ˈɾiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊl.nɑː.ɾíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊl.nɑː.ɾíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊl.nɑː.ɾíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡul.nɔː.ɾí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥ol.nɒː.ɹíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡul.nɔ.ɾí]

Readings
Classical reading?	gulnārī
Dari reading?	gulnārī
Iranian reading?	golnâri
Tajik reading?	gulnori

Adjective

گلناری • (golnâri)

1. vivid red, bright red; red like the pomegranate flower
   • 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 110:

     ای رخ گلناریت رشک مه و آفتاب
     حیف چنان عارض روز و شب اندر نقاب

     ay rux-i gulnārī-yat rašk-i mah u āftāb
     hayf čunān āriz rōz u šab andar niqāb

     O you whose bright red cheeks are the envy of the sun and moon,
     What a pity that such cheeks are under a niqab day and night!

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “گلناری”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim