مرزبان

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (mlcpʾn' /⁠marz(o)bān⁠/, “margrave”), whence Persian مرزبان (marzbân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar.zu.baːn/
• IPA^(key): /mar.za.baːn/

Noun

مَرْزُبَان or مَرْزَبَان • (marzubān or marzabān) m (plural مَرَازِبَة (marāziba)) (historical)

1. marzban, margrave, march warden, satrap, a Sassanian governor of a frontier province

Declension

Declension of noun مَرْزُبَان (marzubān)‎; مَرْزَبَان (marzabān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرْزُبَان‎; مَرْزَبَان marzubān‎; marzabān	الْمَرْزُبَان‎; الْمَرْزَبَان al-marzubān‎; al-marzabān	مَرْزُبَان‎; مَرْزَبَان marzubān‎; marzabān
Nominative	مَرْزُبَانٌ‎; مَرْزَبَانٌ marzubānun‎; marzabānun	الْمَرْزُبَانُ‎; الْمَرْزَبَانُ al-marzubānu‎; al-marzabānu	مَرْزُبَانُ‎; مَرْزَبَانُ marzubānu‎; marzabānu
Accusative	مَرْزُبَانًا‎; مَرْزَبَانًا marzubānan‎; marzabānan	الْمَرْزُبَانَ‎; الْمَرْزَبَانَ al-marzubāna‎; al-marzabāna	مَرْزُبَانَ‎; مَرْزَبَانَ marzubāna‎; marzabāna
Genitive	مَرْزُبَانٍ‎; مَرْزَبَانٍ marzubānin‎; marzabānin	الْمَرْزُبَانِ‎; الْمَرْزَبَانِ al-marzubāni‎; al-marzabāni	مَرْزُبَانِ‎; مَرْزَبَانِ marzubāni‎; marzabāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرْزُبَانَيْن‎; مَرْزَبَانَيْن marzubānayn‎; marzabānayn	الْمَرْزُبَانَيْن‎; الْمَرْزَبَانَيْن al-marzubānayn‎; al-marzabānayn	مَرْزُبَانَيْ‎; مَرْزَبَانَيْ marzubānay‎; marzabānay
Nominative	مَرْزُبَانَانِ‎; مَرْزَبَانَانِ marzubānāni‎; marzabānāni	الْمَرْزُبَانَانِ‎; الْمَرْزَبَانَانِ al-marzubānāni‎; al-marzabānāni	مَرْزُبَانَا‎; مَرْزَبَانَا marzubānā‎; marzabānā
Accusative	مَرْزُبَانَيْنِ‎; مَرْزَبَانَيْنِ marzubānayni‎; marzabānayni	الْمَرْزُبَانَيْنِ‎; الْمَرْزَبَانَيْنِ al-marzubānayni‎; al-marzabānayni	مَرْزُبَانَيْ‎; مَرْزَبَانَيْ marzubānay‎; marzabānay
Genitive	مَرْزُبَانَيْنِ‎; مَرْزَبَانَيْنِ marzubānayni‎; marzabānayni	الْمَرْزُبَانَيْنِ‎; الْمَرْزَبَانَيْنِ al-marzubānayni‎; al-marzabānayni	مَرْزُبَانَيْ‎; مَرْزَبَانَيْ marzubānay‎; marzabānay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرَازِبَة marāziba	الْمَرَازِبَة al-marāziba	مَرَازِبَة marāzibat
Nominative	مَرَازِبَةٌ marāzibatun	الْمَرَازِبَةُ al-marāzibatu	مَرَازِبَةُ marāzibatu
Accusative	مَرَازِبَةً marāzibatan	الْمَرَازِبَةَ al-marāzibata	مَرَازِبَةَ marāzibata
Genitive	مَرَازِبَةٍ marāzibatin	الْمَرَازِبَةِ al-marāzibati	مَرَازِبَةِ marāzibati

Etymology 2

Also found in Classical Syriac ܡܪܙܒܢܐ (marzəbānā, “a serving of grain”) and Middle Armenian մարզպան (marzpan, “a measure of grain or liquid”). This is probably a suffigation of the word treated at مِرْزَاب (mirzāb, “spout”), i.e. “a spout full of grain”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar.za.baːn/

Noun

مَرْزَبَان • (marzabān) m (plural مَرَازِيب (marāzīb)) (obsolete)

1. (Medieval Aleppo) a dry measure for grain, a fourth of a مَكُّوك (makkūk), ca. 26.25 liters
2. (Medieval Mesopotamia) a liquid measure for wine, a sixteenth of a مِشْقَاع (mišqāʕ), 1.875 liters

Declension

Declension of noun مَرْزَبَان (marzabān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرْزَبَان marzabān	الْمَرْزَبَان al-marzabān	مَرْزَبَان marzabān
Nominative	مَرْزَبَانٌ marzabānun	الْمَرْزَبَانُ al-marzabānu	مَرْزَبَانُ marzabānu
Accusative	مَرْزَبَانًا marzabānan	الْمَرْزَبَانَ al-marzabāna	مَرْزَبَانَ marzabāna
Genitive	مَرْزَبَانٍ marzabānin	الْمَرْزَبَانِ al-marzabāni	مَرْزَبَانِ marzabāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرْزَبَانَيْن marzabānayn	الْمَرْزَبَانَيْن al-marzabānayn	مَرْزَبَانَيْ marzabānay
Nominative	مَرْزَبَانَانِ marzabānāni	الْمَرْزَبَانَانِ al-marzabānāni	مَرْزَبَانَا marzabānā
Accusative	مَرْزَبَانَيْنِ marzabānayni	الْمَرْزَبَانَيْنِ al-marzabānayni	مَرْزَبَانَيْ marzabānay
Genitive	مَرْزَبَانَيْنِ marzabānayni	الْمَرْزَبَانَيْنِ al-marzabānayni	مَرْزَبَانَيْ marzabānay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرَازِيب marāzīb	الْمَرَازِيب al-marāzīb	مَرَازِيب marāzīb
Nominative	مَرَازِيبُ marāzību	الْمَرَازِيبُ al-marāzību	مَرَازِيبُ marāzību
Accusative	مَرَازِيبَ marāzība	الْمَرَازِيبَ al-marāzība	مَرَازِيبَ marāzība
Genitive	مَرَازِيبَ marāzība	الْمَرَازِيبِ al-marāzībi	مَرَازِيبِ marāzībi

References

• “mrzbn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Hinz, Walther (1955, 1970) Islamische Maße und Gewichte: umgerechnet ins metrische System (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung: der nahe und der mittlere Osten; Ergänzungsband 1, Heft 1) (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 45
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “مرزبان”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 1075
• Saiden, A. S. (1978) The Arithmetic of Al-Uqlīdisī: The Story of Hindu-Arabic Arithmetic as told in Kitāb al-Fuṣūl fī al-Ḥisāb al-Hindī, Dordrecht & Boston: Reidel, →ISBN, pages 379–380

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (mlcpʾn' /⁠marz(o)bān⁠/, “margrave”), from [script needed] (mlc /⁠marz⁠/, “boundary”) (Persian مرز (marz)) and [script needed] (-pʾn' /⁠-bān⁠/, “-guard”) (Persian بان (-bân)). Compare the Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian մարզպան (marzpan), Old Georgian მარზაპანი (marzaṗani), მაზრაპანი (mazraṗani), Classical Syriac ܡܪܙܒܢܐ (marzəbānā), Arabic مَرْزُبَان (marzubān), Byzantine Greek μαρζαβανᾶς (marzabanâs), μαρζανάβος (marzanábos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

مرزبان • (marz-bân)

1. border guard

   Synonyms: مرزدار (marz-dâr), سرحدبان (sarhadd-bân), سرحدچی (sarhaddči), سرحددار (sarhadd-dâr)

2. (historical) marzban

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մարզպան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 282–283
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 193