مرزبة

Arabic

Etymology 1

Of Old South Arabian origin, compare Ge'ez ረዘበ (räzäbä, to strike).

Alternative forms

  • إِرْزَبَّة (ʔirzabba) defunct

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mir.zab.ba/
  • (Nile Delta) IPA(key): /mir.zab.ba/
  • (Al-Andalus) IPA(key): /mar.zab.ba/
  • (Syria-Palestine historically) IPA(key): /mir.za.ba/, /mir.zab.ba/

Noun

مِرْزَبَّة or مِرْزَبَة • (mirzabba or mirzaba) f (plural مَرَازِب (marāzib))

  1. mace, mallet, gavel, maul, sledgehammer, beetle
Declension
Derived terms
  • مُرَيْزِبَة (murayziba, diminutive)
Descendants
  • Maltese: marżebba

Etymology 2

Noun of place.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mar.za.ba/

Noun

مَرْزَبَة • (marzaba) f (plural مَرَازِب (marāzib))

  1. satrapy, where a مَرْزَبَان (marzabān) governs, marzbanate
Declension
Derived terms
  • مُرَيْزِبَة (murayziba, diminutive)

References

  • Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29), Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 207
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “مرزبة”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 523
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مرزبة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 466
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