ܚܒܢܓ ḥbng deck of a ship
MP *xan-bānag; in this compound the first element is to be compared with NP xan the hold of a ship (Steingass 475); the second member corresponds to MP pānā̆g [pʾn(ʾ)k'] guard, protector (CPD 64), which can appear as the second member of MP compounds, beside MP -bān [-pʾn'] -keeper, -guard (CPD 17), with the function of a suffixoid meaning "covering": see § 9.3.2 and Maggi 2003, no. 11, who points out that MP pānag, used as a suffixoid together with xan, amounts to the same meaning "deck of a ship" ● CommD, see Van Rompay 1896, 57.5 (ed.), 73.6 (transl.) ◆ Maggi 2003, no. 11