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گلقند

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Etymology

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From گل (gol, flower, rose) +‎ قند (qand, sugar, candy).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? gulqand
Dari reading? gulqand
Iranian reading? golğand
Tajik reading? gulqand

Noun

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Dari گلقند
Iranian Persian
Tajik гулқанд

گلقند (golqand)

  1. gulkand (rose petal preserve)
    • c. 1500, Mawlānā Muḥammad Ahlī Shīrazī, سحر حلال[1]:
      از لب خود داخل گل قند کرد
      خسته دلی مایل گلقند کرد
      az lab-i xwad dāxil-i gul qand kard
      xasta dilē māyil-i gulqand kard
      She made her own lips into sugar [sweet kisses] in a rose [red lips],
      And someone with a wounded heart pined for the gulkand [the sweetness of her kisses].
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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