دربان

Mogholi

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Cardinal: دربان

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *dörben. Cognate to Mongolian дөрөв (döröv, “four”).

Numeral

دُربان or دربان (dorbån or durban)

1. four

Persian

Etymology

From در (dar) +‎ ـبان (-bân).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [daɾ.ˈbɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.bɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.bɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.bɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.bɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æɹ.bɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.bɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	darbān
Dari reading?	darbān
Iranian reading?	darbân
Tajik reading?	darbon

Noun

دربان • (darbân)

1. porter, doorkeeper

   Synonym: حاجب (hâjeb)

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 93:

     تن مرا گر بخنجر چاک سازد منتش بر دل
     چه گویم کش دل و جان صدقه دربان او بادا

     tan-i ma-rā gar ba-xanjar čāk sāzad minnataš bar dil
     či gōyam k-aš dil u jān sadaqa-yi darbān-i ō bādā

     If she tears up my body with a dagger, it is her favor to my heart;
     What shall I say? May its heart and soul be my alms to her doorkeeper!

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دربان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim