Reconstruction:Old Persian/marzapā

This Old Persian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Persian

Etymology

From *marzah (“border, district”) +‎ *-pā (“protector, keeper”).

Noun

*marzapā ~ *marzapānah m

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

Descendants

  • Middle Persian: (/⁠marzbān⁠/)
    Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫡𐫉𐫁𐫀𐫗 (mrzbʾn)
    Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (mlcpʾn')
    • Persian: مرزبان (marzbân) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Arabic: مَرْزَبَان (marzabān)
    • → Byzantine Greek: μαρζαβανᾶς (marzabanâs)
    • → Classical Syriac: ܡܪܙܒܢܐ (marzəbānā)
    • → Old Armenian: մարզպան (marzpan) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Old Georgian: მარზაპანი (marzaṗani), მაზრაპანი (mazraṗani)
    • → Sogdian: ܡܪܙܦܐܢܝ (mrzpʾny)
  • → Ancient Greek: μαρζανάβος (marzanábos)

Further reading

  • Meyer, Robin (2017), Iranian-Armenian language contact in and before the 5th century CE. PhD thesis‎[1], University of Oxford, page 22
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