Gulab

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". 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