Folio § gulistan
Gulistan
Rosengarten
Die Geschichte des Namens
Also famous as the title of Saadi's work 'Golestan' (1258). Symbol of paradisiacal beauty.
Etymologie
Wurzel: gul + -istan · Persian
Gulistan is the place of roses — the rose garden. The -istan suffix is one of the most productive place-naming morphemes of the Iranian world (compare Kurdistan, Hindustan). Sa‘di of Shiraz used the word as the title of his celebrated 1258 prose work.
Namensfamilie
- Gul · cognate
- Kurdistan · cognate — same -istan suffix
Sprachliche Parallelen
- Golestan Persiska — Saadis verk
Aktualisiert: 2026-05-02