مرطبان

Arabic

مَرْطَبَانَات

Etymology

From Mon [Term?], a small port town in Burma today called Mottama, the name of which, under the reign of the Kingdom of Pegu, in the fifteenth to seventeenth century was used to denote glazed earthenware jars sent to influential persons, Martaban jars. The term came to denote more dissimilar types of jars so that it now means merely mundane canning jars across languages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar.tˤa.baːn/

Noun

مَرْطَبَان • (marṭabān) m (plural مَرْطَبَانَات (marṭabānāt))

1. jar, kitchen receptacle, spice box, or a casket for keeping medicines (of glass)

Declension

Declension of noun مَرْطَبَان (marṭabān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرْطَبَان marṭabān	الْمَرْطَبَان al-marṭabān	مَرْطَبَان marṭabān
Nominative	مَرْطَبَانٌ marṭabānun	الْمَرْطَبَانُ al-marṭabānu	مَرْطَبَانُ marṭabānu
Accusative	مَرْطَبَانًا marṭabānan	الْمَرْطَبَانَ al-marṭabāna	مَرْطَبَانَ marṭabāna
Genitive	مَرْطَبَانٍ marṭabānin	الْمَرْطَبَانِ al-marṭabāni	مَرْطَبَانِ marṭabāni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرْطَبَانَيْن marṭabānayn	الْمَرْطَبَانَيْن al-marṭabānayn	مَرْطَبَانَيْ marṭabānay
Nominative	مَرْطَبَانَانِ marṭabānāni	الْمَرْطَبَانَانِ al-marṭabānāni	مَرْطَبَانَا marṭabānā
Accusative	مَرْطَبَانَيْنِ marṭabānayni	الْمَرْطَبَانَيْنِ al-marṭabānayni	مَرْطَبَانَيْ marṭabānay
Genitive	مَرْطَبَانَيْنِ marṭabānayni	الْمَرْطَبَانَيْنِ al-marṭabānayni	مَرْطَبَانَيْ marṭabānay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرْطَبَانَات marṭabānāt	الْمَرْطَبَانَات al-marṭabānāt	مَرْطَبَانَات marṭabānāt
Nominative	مَرْطَبَانَاتٌ marṭabānātun	الْمَرْطَبَانَاتُ al-marṭabānātu	مَرْطَبَانَاتُ marṭabānātu
Accusative	مَرْطَبَانَاتٍ marṭabānātin	الْمَرْطَبَانَاتِ al-marṭabānāti	مَرْطَبَانَاتِ marṭabānāti
Genitive	مَرْطَبَانَاتٍ marṭabānātin	الْمَرْطَبَانَاتِ al-marṭabānāti	مَرْطَبَانَاتِ marṭabānāti

Further reading

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “مرطبان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 4, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 582
• Simões, Sara (2010) “A brief study concerning martaban jars”, in Sila Tripati, editor, Maritime Contacts of the Past: Deciphering Connections amongst Communities‎^[2], New Delhi: Delta Book World, →ISBN