گلپر

Persian

The golpar plant.

Dried and ground golpar leaves erroneously sold as angelica.

Alternative forms

• гулпар (Tajik)

Etymology

Not present until the late 18^th century and borrowed from Mazanderani کوله پر (kūle-par), bearing formerly also the forms گوله پر (gôla par), کوله پر (kôla par), کله پر (kola par), meaning “leafy ball”, referring to the umbels, see گوی (gôy, “ball”) and پر (par, “wing; feather; leaf”).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	gulpar
Dari reading?	gulpar
Iranian reading?	golpar
Tajik reading?	gulpar

Noun

گلپر • (golpar)

1. golpar, Persian hogweed (Heracleum persicum) (the seeds, leaves and stalks are used in Persian cooking)

   Synonym: (Afghanistan) بلدرغو (baldarğu)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گوله-پر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1982 January 30) “Husrōv i Kavātān ut rētak. Pahlavi Text, Transcription and Translation”, in Monumentum Georg Morgenstierne (Acta Iranica; 22), volume 2, →ISBN, page 81 of 47–91, footnote 133
• Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎^[1] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 157