نخلستان

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Persian

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Etymology

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From نخل (naxl, palm tree) +‎ ـستان (-estân).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? naxlistān
Dari reading? naxlistān
Iranian reading? naxlestân
Tajik reading? naxliston

Noun

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Dari نخلستان
Iranian Persian
Tajik нахлистон

نخلستان (naxlestân)

  1. palm farm; palm plantation; (if wild) palm grove, palm forest
    • c. 1060, Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Safarnāma [Book of Travels]‎[1]:
      این دیه حیفا بر لب دریاست و آنجا نخلستان و اشجار بسیار دارند.
      īn dīh-i hayfā bar lab-i daryā-st u ānjā naxlistān u ašjār bisyār dārand.
      This town of Haifa is on the coast of the sea, and there are a lot of palm groves and trees.

Descendants

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