بوستان

Alternative forms

• بستان‎ (bostân)

Etymology

From Middle Persian bwdstʾn' (bōyestān, “(flower) garden”). Compare Manichaean Middle Persian bwystʾn, bwyystʾn (bōyestān), Manichaean Parthian bwdystʾn‎ (bōδestān), Sogdian [script needed] (βōδistān, “garden”), Classical Syriac ܒܘܣܬܢܐ‎ (būstānā), Old Armenian բուրաստան (burastan).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /boːsˈtɒːn/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [buːsˈtʰɒn]

Noun

بوستان • (bôstân) (plural بوستان‌ها‎ (bôstân-hâ))

1. garden

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բոյր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 471
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “bōyestān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press