गुलिस्तान

Borrowed from Classical Persian گلستان (gulistān). By surface analysis, गुल (gul, “flower”) +‎ -इस्तान (-istān).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡʊ.lɪs.t̪ɑːn/, [ɡʊ.lɪs.t̪ä̃ːn], /ɡʊl.sɪ.t̪ɑːn/, [ɡʊl.sɪ.t̪ä̃ːn]

गुलिस्तान • (gulistān) m (Urdu spelling گلستان)

1. rose garden, flower garden, garden

   Synonyms: पुष्पोद्यान (puṣpodyān), गुलशन (gulśan)

   • 1904, Muhammad Iqbal, Tarānā-e-Hind:

     सारे जहाँ से अच्छा, हिन्दोस्ताँ हमारा।
     हम बुलबुलें हैं इसकी, यह गुलिस्ताँ हमारा॥

     sāre jahā̃ se acchā, hindostā̃ hamārā.
     ham bulbulẽ ha͠i iskī, yah gulistā̃ hamārā.

     Better than the whole world, is our India;
     we are its nightingales, and it is our flower-garden.

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गुलिस्तान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press