մարզպան

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian մարզպան (marzpan).

Pronunciation

Noun

մարզպան • (marzpan)

  1. (historical) marzban

Declension

Descendants

  • → English: marzpan
  • → Russian: марзпа́н (marzpán)

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

  • մարզման (marzman), մարծպան (marcpan), մարազպան (marazpan), մազմէն (mazmēn), մազման (mazman), մարզան (marzan)
  • մարզ (marz) — cited by NHB, without attestation

Etymology

Identical with Arabic مَرْزَبَان (marzabān, “a dry measure for grain”), Classical Syriac ܡܰܪܙܒܳܢܳܐ (marzəḇānā, “a serving of grain”), which Ačaṙyan derives from unattested Iranian,[1] but which can have a Semitic explanation: compare Aramaic מַרְזְבָא (marzəḇā), מַרְזִיבָא (marzīḇā), Classical Syriac ܡܰܪܙܺܝܒܳܐ (marzīḇā), Arabic مِرْزَاب (mirzāb), all meaning a spout or gutter, which are close enough that the CAL was tempted to “emend” the Syriac to ܡܰܪܙܒܳܐ* (marzəḇā),[2] unwitting of the Arabic and Armenian. Note that -ān is a typical Aramaic ending.

Some of the alternative forms are apparently contaminated with variants of Old Armenian մաղզմայ (małzmay).

Noun

մարզպան • (marzpan)

  1. a measure of grain or liquid, equal to 1⁄10 մոդ (mod)

References

  1. 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, page 283ab
  2. “mrzbn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2019-04-14

Further reading

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • մարզուան (marzuan), մարզաւան (marzawan), մարծպան (marcpan), մարծուան (marcuan) — post-Classical

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (mlcpʾn' /⁠marz(o)ban⁠/, “margrave, warden of the marches”), Persian مرزبان (marzbân, “border guard”).

Noun

մարզպան • (marzpan)

  1. margrave, marzban

Declension

Derived terms

  • մարզպանութիւն (marzpanutʻiwn)

Descendants

Further reading

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