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Golnaz
Golnaz Golnaz evokes the playful, graceful coquetry that Persian poetry associates with the beloved — a woman who is beautiful, well aware of it, and uses that awareness with a charm that never tips into cruelty. Characters named Golnaz tend to be vivacious and socially skilled, their beauty inseparable from their wit.
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