परिस्तान paristān

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This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

fa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

A fairyland.
An enchanting world of beauty.
(Bābā) The kingdom of fairies which is the kingdom of divinities (a divinity is beautiful like a fairy): Satyug.

Usual translation

  1. land of angels

Origin of the definition

P پري parī, s.f. A fairy; (fig.) a beautiful woman. parī-zād, adj. & s.m. Fairy-born; beautiful, lovely; — a fairy; a beauty: — parī-stān, pari-stān, s.m. Fairy-land.

Paristan. Land of angels; heaven.

परिस्तान paristān. Paristan, the land of fairies.

परिस्तान paristāna paristā:n (nm) a fairyland; a place where pretty damsels hover all around; an enchanting world of beauty.

परिस्तान. The land of Deities; Satyug.

P ستان stān [Pehl. śtān; Zend śtāna; S. स्थान], s.m. Place, situation, station, stall (used as an affix to nouns ending in a vowel, e.g. bo-stān, 'place of fragrance,' 'flower-garden'; — hindū-stān, India: if the subst. terminate in a consonant, the affix takes the form istān, e.g. reg-istān, 'place of sand,' 'a desert'; — gul-istān, 'place of roses,' 'rose-garden').

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Saturday 5 September 2020
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