نخلستان

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nax.lis.ˈtɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näx.lɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näx.lɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näx.lɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näx.lis.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næx.les.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näχ.lis.t̪ʰɔ́n]

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

Noun

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

• → Azerbaijani: nəxlistan
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: नख़लिस्तान (naxlistān)

  Urdu: نخلستان (naxlistān)

• → Ottoman Turkish: نخلستان (nahlistan)