غلغلستان

Persian

FWOTD – 28 December 2023

Etymology

From (ġolġol, “cry, tumult”) +‎ (-estân, “-land”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɣul.ɣu.lis.ˈtaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣʊl.ɣʊ.lɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɣʊl.ɣʊ.lɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɣul.ɣu.lis.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qol.ɢo.les.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʁul.ʁu.lis.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ġulġulistān
Dari reading^?	ġulġulistān
Iranian reading^?	ġolġolestân
Tajik reading^?	ġulġuliston

Noun

غلغلستان • (ġolġolestân)

(poetic) place where everybody is crying or shouting
- c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The Tale of Rustam and Isfandiyār”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎^[1]:
  به رستم چنین گفت کای سرگرای
  چرا تیز گشتی به پرده‌سرای
  سزد گر برین بوم زابلستان
  نهد دانشی نام غلغلستان
  ba rustam čunīn guft k-ay sar-girāy
  čirā tēz gaštī ba parda-sarāy
  sazad gar bar-īn būm-i zābulistān
  nihad dānišē nām-i ġulġulistān
  He spoke thus to Rustam: "You confused thing,
  Why are you getting angry at a tent?
  It would be fitting if a wise man
  Were to rename this land of Zābulistān to Crybabyland.
  (Classical Persian romanization)
- c. 1011, Abu'l-Qāsim Firdawsī, “The Tale of Rustam and Shaghād”, in شاهنامه [Book of Kings]‎^[2]:
  ز کابلستان تا به زابلستان
  زمین شد به کردار غلغلستان
  zi kābulistān tā ba zābulistān
  zamīn šud ba kirdār-i ġulġulistān
  From Kābulistān to Zābulistān
  The realm became like Tumult-estan.
  (Classical Persian romanization)
- mid-1800s, Qā'ānī, مسمطات قاآنی‎^[3]:
  یکی بین به شاخ سرو که صلصلستان شده
  نه صلصلستان شده که غلغلستان شده
  yeki bin be šâx-e sarv ke solsolestân šode
  na solsolestân šode ke ġolġolestân šode
  Look at one of those cypress branches, it's become Wood-Pigeon-Land;
  No, not just Wood-Pigeon-Land, it's become Bird-Chirping-Land.