بوستان

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Arabic

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Noun

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بُوسْتَانِ (būstāni?

  1. nominative dual of بُوسْت (būst, a post on the internet)

Ottoman Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Classical Persian بوستان (bōstān).

Noun

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بوستان (bostan)

  1. garden; garden patch, garden bed

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بوستان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[1], Vienna, column 923

Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (bwdstʾn'), 𐫁𐫇𐫏𐫘𐫤𐫀𐫗 (bwystʾn), 𐫁𐫇𐫏𐫏𐫘𐫤𐫀𐫗 (bwyystʾn /⁠bōyestān⁠/, (flower) garden). Cognate with Parthian 𐫁𐫇𐫅𐫏𐫘𐫤𐫀𐫗 (bwdystʾn /⁠bōδestān⁠/), Sogdian [script needed] (βōδistān, garden) and Iranian borrowings Aramaic בּוּסְתְּנָא (būstenā), Classical Syriac ܒܘܣܬܢܐ (būstānā), Old Armenian բուրաստան (burastan).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? bōstān
Dari reading? bōstān
Iranian reading? bustân
Tajik reading? büston
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Noun

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Dari بوستان
Iranian Persian
Tajik бӯстон

بوستان (bôstân) (plural بوستان‌ها (bôstân-hâ))

  1. garden

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բոյր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 471
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “bōyestān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Uyghur

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Other scripts
Perso-Arabic بوستان
Latin bostan
Cyrillic бостан

Etymology

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From Chagatai بوستان, from Classical Persian بوستان (bōstān).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بوستان (bostan) (plural بوستانلار (bostanlar))

  1. grove, garden, oasis

Further reading

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  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN