Mazandaran

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مازندران (mâzandarân, literally “the gate or the valley of the giants”) from مازن (mâzan) +‎ در (dar) +‎ ـان (-ân), from Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬀 (mazaⁱniia, “giant”). The name has been used in Shahnameh to refer to a land inhabited by divs (daevas) and sorcerers and is difficult to conquer. On the other hand, after Muslim invasion of Persia, the region of Tabaristan remained unconquered for a relatively long period of time, which was later called (and mistaken for) Mazandaran.

Proper noun

Mazandaran

1. (Iranian mythology) A land mentioned in Shahnameh and Avesta.
2. A northern province of Iran.

Synonyms

Synonyms

• Tabarestan, Tabaristan
• Tabaria
• Tapurestan
• Tapuria

Translations

northern province of Iran

• Arabic: مَازَنْدَرَان (māzandarān)
• Azerbaijani: Mazandaran
• Bulgarian: Мазендеран m (Mazenderan), Мазандаран m (Mazandaran)
• Danish: Mazenderan
• Esperanto: Mazenderano
• Hindi: माज़न्दरान (māzandarān)
• Korean: 마잔다란 (majandaran)
• Kurdish:
• Mazanderani: مازرون (māzarūn)
• Persian: مازندران (fa) (māzandarān)
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• Portuguese: Mazandaran
• Russian: Мазендера́н (ru) m (Mazenderán), Мазандара́н m (Mazandarán)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Мазендеран m, Мазандаран m

  Roman: Mazenderan m, Mazandaran m

• Slovene: Mazandaran m
• Spanish: Mazandarán
• Turkish: Mazenderan
• Urdu: مازندران (māzandarān)

See also

• (provinces of Iran) Alborz, Ardabil, Bushehr, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, East Azerbaijan, Isfahan, Fars, Gilan, Golestan, Hamadan, Hormozgan, Ilam, Kerman, Kermanshah, Khuzestan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Kurdistan, Lorestan, Markazi, Mazandaran, North Khorasan, Qazvin, Qom, Razavi Khorasan, Semnan, Sistan and Baluchestan, South Khorasan, Tehran, West Azerbaijan, Yazd, Zanjan ^{(Category: en:Provinces of Iran)}

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مازندران (mâzandarân).

Proper noun

Mazandaran m or f

1. Mazandaran (a province of Iran)