Gulistan

Etîmolojî

Rader: 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)