گورستان

Persian

Etymology

گور (gôr, “grave”) +‎ ـسْتان (-stân, “place”)

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡoː.ɾis.ˈtɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡoː.ɾɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡoː.ɾɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡoː.ɾɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡu.ɾis.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥uː.ɹes.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɵ.ɾis.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	gōristān
Iranian reading?	gurestân
Tajik reading?	güriston

Noun

Dari	گورستان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гӯристон

گورِسْتان • (gurestân)

1. cemetery
2. graveyard

Synonyms

• قَبْرِسْتان (qabrestân)

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: գօռըստան (gōṙəstan)
• → Gujarati: ગોરિસ્તાન (goristān), ગોરસ્તાન (gorastān)
• → Hindustani:

  → Hindi: गोरिस्तान (goristān)

  → Urdu: گورِسْتان (goristān)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਗੋਰਸਤਾਨ (gorastān)

  Shahmukhi script: گورستان (gorastān)

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گورستان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گورِسْتان (gōristān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡoː.ɾɪs.t̪ɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

گورِسْتان • (goristān) m (Hindi spelling गोरिस्तान)

1. cemetery
2. graveyard

Synonyms

• قَبْرِسْتان (qabristān)

Related terms

• گور (gor)