ܡܪܙܒܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (mlcpʾn' /marz(o)bān/, “margrave”). Also found as Arabic مَرْزُبَان‎ (marzubān), Old Armenian մարզպան (marzpan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [marz(ə)bɑnɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [marz(ə)bɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܡܪܙܒܢܐ • (marzəbānā) m (plural ܡܪܙܒܢܐ (marzəbānē))

  1. governor, marquis, margrave
Inflection

Etymology 2

Identical to Arabic مَرْزَبَان‎ (marzabān, “a dry measure for grain used in Aleppo”), Middle Armenian մարզպան (marzpan, “a measure for grain or liquid”). Presumably +‎ -ܢܐ‎ (-ānā) from ܡܪܙܒܐ*‎ (marzəḇā), found as Jewish Babylonian Aramaic מַרְזְבָא‎ (marzəḇā), מַרְזִיבָא‎ (marzīḇā), Classical Syriac ܡܪܙܝܒܐ‎ (marzīḇā), Arabic مِرْزَاب‎ (mirzāb), meaning a spout or gutter, and accordingly a spout of grain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [marz(ə)vɑnɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [marz(ə)vɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܡܪܙܒܢܐ • (marzəḇānā) m (plural ܡܪܙܒܢܐ (marzəḇānē))

  1. a certain measure of grain, peck, bushel
Inflection

References

  • “mrzbn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 192a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 300b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 830b
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