Tuesday, 6 January 2009
My love, Perfect love?!
Eva Ariela Lindberg, the author of Tulip Love says: "Tulip" means "Perfect Love" in Persian mythology!
I loved that interpretation of the Tulip flower.
Note: Didn't read the book nor know what is the issue there, but liked that the Tulip flower got a big chunk of attention
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how about pure love? or Innocent Love? ;p
tulips put me in a state of happiness that cannot be explained by words
do you have a fav. color?
Interesting...didn't know it was a Persian word.
I was also surprised that it's a Persian word, so i googled it :D
Yes apparently it comes from dulband which means turban: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=tulip&searchmode=none
Now what i am wondering is that if it is derived from the Persian word dElband (not dUlband) and delband in persian means sweetheart (or literally= someone who is attached (band) to the heart (del)? hmmm?
oh and here's a bit of info i just learned while Googling 'tulip':
"The story goes that a prince named Farhad was love struck by a maiden named Shirin. When Farhad learned that Shirin had been killed, he was so overcome with grief that he killed himself - riding his horse over the edge of a cliff. It's said that a scarlet tulip sprang up from each droplet of his blood, giving the red tulip the meaning "perfect love."
Sorry for the delay every one
Neoark
lol, well me likey them and wish them to my self and every one, including a retired gamer ;p
Fashionista
Same here! as for the color nothing in particular but my most fav. is white and bright pink, red, orange :D
Jewaira
me neither :D and the beauty is that it meant something GRAND :D
Darya
I'm IMPRESSED :D wow! thank you so much for the info and search :D that was so brilliant of you, you certainly added a lot to my info about my fav. flower and its name
and the story of Farhad for some reason reminded me of Narcissus ;> the roman version that is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus_(mythology)
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