Pirtûka Navan Folio I — § 001

Folio § gulistan

Gulistan

Rose garden

Gender
Girl
Origin
Persian / Kurdish
Pronunciation guide
goo-lee-STAN

The story of the name

Also famous as the title of Saadi's work 'Golestan' (1258). Symbol of paradisiacal beauty.

Etymology

Root: 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.

  • -istan — place-of suffix (Kurdistan, Hindustan)

Name family

  • Gul · cognate
  • Kurdistan · cognate — same -istan suffix

Linguistic parallels

  • Golestan Persiska — Saadis verk
  • nature
  • classic
  • literature

Updated: 2026-05-02