गुलिस्तान
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian گلستان (gulistān). By surface analysis, गुल (gul, “flower”) + -स्तान (-stān).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɡʊ.lɪs.t̪ɑːn/, [ɡʊ.lɪs.t̪ä̃ːn], /ɡʊl.sɪ.t̪ɑːn/, [ɡʊl.sɪ.t̪ä̃ːn]
Noun
गुलिस्तान • (gulistān) m (Urdu spelling گلستان)
- rose garden, flower garden, garden
- Synonyms: पुष्पोद्यान (puṣpodyān), गुलशन (gulśan)
- 1904, Muhammad Iqbal, Tarānā-e-Hind :
- सारे जहाँ से अच्छा, हिन्दोस्ताँ हमारा।
हम बुलबुलें हैं इसकी, यह गुलिस्ताँ हमारा॥- 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.
- सारे जहाँ से अच्छा, हिन्दोस्ताँ हमारा।
Declension
Declension of गुलिस्तान (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | गुलिस्तान gulistān |
गुलिस्तान gulistān |
| oblique | गुलिस्तान gulistān |
गुलिस्तानों gulistānõ |
| vocative | गुलिस्तान gulistān |
गुलिस्तानो gulistāno |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गुलिस्तान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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