گلبرگ

Persian

Etymology

From گل (gol, “rose”) +‎ برگ (barg, “leaf”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡul.ˈbaɾɡ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊl.bǽɾɡ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊl.bǽɾɡ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊl.bǽɾɡ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡul.bǽɾɡ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥ol.bǽɹɡʲ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡul.bǽɾɡ]

Readings
Classical reading?	gulbarg
Dari reading?	gulbarg
Iranian reading?	golbarg
Tajik reading?	gulbarg

Noun

گلبرگ • (golbarg) (plural گلبرگ‌ها (golbarg-hâ))

1. petal, rose petal
   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 287”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     همچو گلبرگ طری هست وجود تو لطیف
     همچو سرو چمن خلد سراپای تو خوش

     hamčū gulbarg-i tarī hast wujūd-i tu latīf
     hamčū sarw-i čaman-i xuld sarāpā-yi tu xwaš

     Your very being is elegant, just like the tender rose petal,
     You are pleasing from head to toe, just like the cypress in the meadow of eternity.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. rose leaf

Proper noun

گلبرگ • (golbarg)

1. a female given name, Golbarg or Gulbarg