گلاب

See also: كلاب

Persian

Alternative forms

گلاو (golâv) (colloquial)

Etymology

From (gol, “rose”) +‎ (âb, “water”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡu.ˈlaːb/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.lɑ́ːb]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.lɑ́ːb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡu.lɔ́ːb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥o.lɒ́ːb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡu.lɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading^?	gulāb
Dari reading^?	gulāb
Iranian reading^?	golâb
Tajik reading^?	gulob

Noun


Iranian Persian	گلاب
Dari	گلاب
Tajik	гулоб

گلاب • (golâb)

rosewater
- c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 421”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:
  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 [metaphor for blushing] on the rose leaf [metaphor for the delicate face].
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
(Dari) a kind of rose

Descendants

→ Arabic: جُلَاب (julāb) (see there for further descendants)
→ Azerbaijani: gülab
→ Gujarati: ગુલાબ (gulāb)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: गुलाब (gulāb)

Urdu: گُلاب (gulāb)
→ Kachchi: ગુલાબ (gulāb)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਗੁਲਾਬ (gulāb)

Shahmukhi script: گلاب (gulāb)
→ Russian: гуля́фная вода́ (guljáfnaja vodá), гуля́ф (guljáf)
→ Turkmen: gülap
→ Thai: กุหลาบ (gù-làap)
→ Uzbek: gulob

Sindhi

Etymology

From Classical Persian (gulāb).

Noun

گلاب • (gulāb) m (Devanagari गुलाबु)

rose

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (gulāb).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡʊ.lɑːb/
Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

گلاب • (gulāb) m (Hindi spelling गुलाब)

Derived terms

گلابی (gulābī)