Girl · Persian (Urdu usage) · Muslim
Gulnar
گلنارSay it gul-NAAR
- Meaning today
- Pomegranate flower, beautiful
- Original meaning
- "pomegranate flower (short for gul-i anār)" Steingass, p. 1095
- Say it
- gul-NAAR
- Written
- گلنار
- Other spellings
- Gulnaar, Golnar
Gulnar
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Gulnar meaning
Gulnar (گلنار) is a Muslim girl's name of Persian origin (Urdu usage).
Pomegranate flower (short for gul-i anār)
Also used to mean: beautiful
Gulnar (گلنار) is Persian gulnār, a contraction of gul-i anār, "flower of the pomegranate". Steingass' dictionary gives it as pomegranate flowers, and lists related words such as gulnārī, the deep red colour of the blossom, and gulnār-chihr, "with a face like the pomegranate flower", a compliment in Persian poetry. Platts records the same word in Urdu. Name lists give Gulnar as "pomegranate flower", sometimes adding "beautiful" as a figurative sense. Related forms are used in Turkey and Central Asia.
Source: Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian–English Dictionary (1892), p. 1095 · entry gulnār (گلنار) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Steingass, Persian–English Dictionary, gulnār, gulnārī, gulnār-chihr, p. 1095 · Platts, Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi and English, gul-nār, p. 911
Spellings
Gulnar · Gulnaar · Golnar