گلاب‎

See also: كلاب

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Alternative forms

• گلاو (golâv) (colloquial)

Etymology

From گل (gol, “rose”) +‎ آب (âb, “water”).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊ.lɑ́ːb]

• (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

Dari	گلاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гулоб

گلاب • (golâb)

1. 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 [metaphor for blushing] on the rose leaf [metaphor for the delicate face].

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. (Dari) a kind of rose

Descendants

• → Arabic: جُلَاب (julāb)
  • → Aragonese: julepe
  • → Asturian: xulepe
  • → Byzantine Greek: ζουλάπιν (zoulápin)
  • → English: julep
  • → French: julep
    • → Russian: щуле́пъ (ščulép), шуле́пъ (šulép, “a kind of gingerbread”)
  • → Georgian: ჯულაბი (ǯulabi)
  • → Gujarati: જુલાબ (julāb), જુલ્લાબ (jullāb)
  • → Italian: giulebbe, giulebbo (archaic)
    • → Maltese: ġulepp, ġlepp
  • → Middle Armenian: ճուլապ (čulap), ճուլլապ (čullap)
  • → Old Catalan: julep
    • Catalan: julep
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: jalepe
    • → Portuguese: julepe, julepo
  • → Old Spanish: julepe
    • Spanish: julepe
  • → Sicilian: gileppu, cileppu
• → Azerbaijani: gülab
• → Gujarati: ગુલાબ (gulāb)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: गुलाब (gulāb)

  Urdu: گُلاب (gulāb)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਗੁਲਾਬ (gulāb)

  Shahmukhi script: گلاب (gulāb)

• → Russian: гуля́фная вода́ (guljáfnaja vodá), гуля́ф (guljáf)
• → Thai: กุหลาบ (gù-làap)
• → Uzbek: gulob

Sindhi

Etymology

From Classical Persian گُلَاب (gulāb).

Noun

گلاب • (gulāb) m (Devanagari गुलाबु)

1. rose

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گُلَاب (gulāb).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

گلاب • (gulāb) m (Hindi spelling गुलाब)

1. rosewater
2. rose

Derived terms

• گلابی (gulābī)