گیلان

Persian

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡeː.ˈlaːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡeː.lɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡeː.lɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡeː.lɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲiː.lɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡe.lɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	gēlān
Dari reading^?	gēlān
Iranian reading^?	gilân
Tajik reading^?	gelon

Proper noun

گیلان • (gēlān / gilân) (Tajik spelling Гелон)

Gilan (a province of Iran)
ostân-e gilân
the province of Gilan, Gilan Province
- 11th century, Qaṭrān of Tabrīz, دیوان قطران تبریزی‎^[1]:
  هر چند بگیلان همه شب باران بارد
  هر چند نبینند بمصر اندر باران
  har čand ba gēlān hama šab bārān bārad
  har čand na-bēnand ba masr andar bārān […]
  Though rain falls every night upon Gilan,
  Though you do not see Egypt in the rain […]
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

گیلانی (gilâni)