گلپر

Persian

The golpar plant.

Dried and ground golpar leaves erroneously sold as angelica.

Alternative forms

гулпар (Tajik)

Etymology

Not present until the late 18^th century and borrowed from Mazanderani کوله پر (kūle-par), bearing formerly also the forms (gôla par), (kôla par), (kola par), meaning “leafy ball”, referring to the umbels, see (gôy, “ball”) and (par, “wing; feather; leaf”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡul.paɾ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊl.pʰäɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊl.pʰäɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡul.pʰäɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥ol.pʰæɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡul.pʰäɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	gulpar
Dari reading^?	gulpar
Iranian reading^?	golpar
Tajik reading^?	gulpar

Noun

گلپر • (golpar)

golpar, Persian hogweed (Heracleum persicum) (the seeds, leaves and stalks are used in Persian cooking)
Synonym: (Afghanistan) بلدرغو (baldarğu)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گوله-پر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1982 January 30) “Husrōv i Kavātān ut rētak. Pahlavi Text, Transcription and Translation”, in Monumentum Georg Morgenstierne (Acta Iranica; 22), volume 2, →ISBN, page 81 of 47–91, footnote 133
Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎ (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 157

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