Gulab or Gulaab (Persian: گلاب gulāb) is a Persian compound noun meaning "rose water". The noun or name is combined from two nouns "gul" (گل) which is the generic word for "flower" or the name for "rose", and "āb" (اب) which means "water".
Generally the noun is also used as a name and a nickname in Persian poetry to mean "sweetheart, lover, and rose". It is used in Iran, Turkey, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
It may refer to:
People Gulab Chand Kataria, the former Home Minister in the government of Rajasthan Gulab Khandelwal (born 1924), Indian poet born in Navalgarh, Rajasthan Gulab Singh of Jammu and Kashmir (1792–1857), the founder and first Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir Gulab Singh Shaktawat (died 2006), Indian freedom fighter, social and political worker of Indian National Congress Gulab Bai, first female artist of the traditional Indian operatic drama
Places Gulab, Iran, village in Iran Gulab, Fereydunshahr, village in Iran Gulab, Tiran and Karvan, village in Iran Gulab-e Sofla, village in Iran Gulab-e Vosta, village in Iran Gulab Bari, Garden of roses Gulabganj, village in Madhya Pradesh, India Gulabganj, village in Uttar Pradesh, India Gulabpura, town in India Gulabbagh, locality in India
See also Gulabi (disambiguation) Golab (disambiguation) Cyclones Gulab and Shaheen, North Indian Ocean cyclones in 2021 Bhela Gulab Singh, town and Union Council of Depalpur Tehsil in Punjab Province, Pakistan Gulab Bagh and Zoo (Sajjan Niwas Garden), the largest garden in Udaipur, Rajasthan, Indian Gulab jamun, a dessert Gulab Gang, a 2014 Indian film