بوستان

See also: توستان‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (bôstân).

Noun

بوستان • (bostan)

garden; garden patch, garden bed

Derived terms

بوستانجی‎ (bostancı, “gardener”)

Descendants

Turkish: bostan
→ Albanian: bostan
→ Aromanian: bustane
→ Bulgarian: боста̀н (bostàn)
→ Byzantine Greek: μποστάνι (mpostáni)
- Greek: μποστάνι (bostáni)
→ Crimean Tatar: bostan
→ Macedonian: бостан (bostan)
→ Romanian: bostan, bostană
→ Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бо̀стан
- Latin: bòstan

References

Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “بوستان”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 923

Persian

Alternative forms

بستان‎ (bostân)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (bwdstʾn'), 𐫁𐫇𐫏𐫘𐫤𐫀𐫗‎ (bwystʾn), 𐫁𐫇𐫏𐫏𐫘𐫤𐫀𐫗‎ (bwyystʾn /bōyestān/, “(flower) garden”). Cognate with Parthian 𐫁𐫇𐫅𐫏𐫘𐫤𐫀𐫗‎ (bwdystʾn /bōδestān/), Sogdian [script needed] (βōδistān, “garden”) and Iranian borrowings Aramaic בּוּםְתְּנָא‎ (būstenā), 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))

garden

Derived terms

بوستانبان‎ (bôstânbân)
بوستانی‎ (Bôstâni)

Related terms

بو‎ (bô)
ـستان‎ (-stân)

Descendants

→ Armenian: բոստան (bostan)
→ Arabic: بُسْتَان‎ (bustān)
- → Swahili: bustani
→ Azerbaijani: bostan
→ Georgian: ბოსტანი (bosṭani)
→ Hebrew: בֻּסְתָּן‎ (bustān)
→ Kurdish: bostan
→ Russian: башта́н (baštán)
→ Ottoman Turkish: بوستان‎ (bostân)
- Turkish: bostan
- → Albanian: bostan
- → Aromanian: bustane
- → Bulgarian: боста̀н (bostàn)
- → Byzantine Greek: μποστάνι (mpostáni)
  - Greek: μποστάνι (bostáni)
- → Crimean Tatar: bostan
- → Macedonian: бостан (bostan)
- → Romanian: bostan, bostană
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  - Cyrillic: бо̀стан
  - Latin: bòstan
→ Ukrainian: башта́н (baštán)

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բոյր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 471
MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “bōyestān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

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