گلبن

Persian

Etymology

From گل (gol, “rose”) +‎ بن (bon, “bush”).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	gulbun
Dari reading?	gulbun
Iranian reading?	golbon
Tajik reading?	gulbun

Noun

گلبن • (golbon)

1. rosebush
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 85:

     ای گلبن دولت که شود زنده جاوید
     سر گر کند از عشق تو بردار بنفشه

     ay gulbun-i dawlat ki šawad zinda-yi jāwēd
     sar gar kunad az išq-i tō bardār banafša

     O rosebush of fortune that shall live forever!
     If it is blossoming out of love for you, pick up the pansy.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “گلبن”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim