نسترن

Persian

Alternative forms

نسترون (nastarvan), نستر (nastar) (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (nstln' /⁠nastaran⁠/, “dog rose”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /nas.ta.ˈɾan/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näs.t̪ʰä.ɾän]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näs.t̪ʰä.ɾän]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näs.t̪ʰä.ɾän]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næs.t̪ʰæ.ɹæn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näs.t̪ʰä.ɾän]

Readings
Classical reading^?	nastaran
Dari reading^?	nastaran
Iranian reading^?	nastaran
Tajik reading^?	nastaran

Noun

نسترن • (nastaran)

dog rose
Synonym: نسرین (nasrin)

Proper noun

نسترن • (nastaran)

a female given name Nastaran

Further reading

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 58