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Persian
Etymology
From گل (gol, “rose”) + آب (âb, “water”).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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gulāḇ
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Dari reading?
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gulāb
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Iranian reading?
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golâb
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Tajik reading?
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gulob
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Noun
Dari
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گلاب
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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гулоб
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گلاب • (golâb)
- rosewater
c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 421”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]:عروس بخت در آن حجله با هزاران ناز
شکسته کسمه و بر برگ گل گلاب زده- arūs-i baxt dar ān hajla bā hazārān nāz
šikasta kasma u bar barg-i gul gulāb zada - With a thousandfold coquetry, the bride of fortune in that bridal chamber
Has scattered the curls over her face and spilled rosewater on the rose leaf .
- (Dari) a kind of rose
Descendants
Sindhi
Etymology
From Classical Persian گُلَاب (gulāb).
Noun
گلاب • (gulāb) m (Devanagari गुलाबु)
- rose
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian گُلَاب (gulāb).
Pronunciation
Noun
گلاب • (gulāb) m (Hindi spelling गुलाब)
- rosewater
- rose
Derived terms