Sari Gelin

Sari Gelin (Armenian: Սարի աղջիկ Sari Aghjik; Azerbaijani: Sarı Gəlin ساری گلین; Persian: دامن کشان‎‎ Dāman Kešān; Turkish: Sarı Gelin) is the name for a number of folk songs popular among the people of Iran, the southern Caucasus and eastern Anatolia. All versions of the song use the same melody and are written in Bayati genre; but sing different lyrics. The consensus about its country of origin is contested.

"Sari Gelin" or "Sari Aghjik" is either a blonde tall girl or a girl from the mountains, depending on the respective lyric language. What the versions have in common, is a boy complaining to/about a girl he loves but cannot achieve.

There are similar folkloric tunes known as Gelin Ayşe.

Sarı as a Turkic adjective means "yellow". Thus Sarı Gəlin can mean "golden", "blonde" or "fair-skinned" bride. In Azerbaijani it may also refer to a person's soul.Sarı may also be derived from the Armenian word Sari. The word Gəlin in Azerbaijani and Turkish means someone who comes to the family (i.e. a bride), with its root in the Turkic word Gel (meaning "Come"). It is a common loan word from Ottoman Turkish among the non-Turkic population of the Ottoman Empire, like Armenians and Kurds. In some Armenian versions of the song, the Armenian word Aghjik (Girl) is used instead. Sarı may also be derived from the Armenian word Sarı (), meaning "of the mountain", which is the meaning used in the Armenian versions of the song ("Girl/Bride from the mountains"). In Armenian, the song is known as Sari Aghjik. The Armenian word Sari (), meaning "of the mountain", while the word "aghjik", with an equal syllable number, meaning "bride" or "girl" and is often pronounced as gyalin. Together they mean "Girl/Bride from the mountains".

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