ܡܰܪܙܒܳܢܳܐ mrzbnʾ marzbānā 1. margrave, marquis; 2. bushel
MP marzbān [mlcpʾn'] margrave, warden of the marches (CPD 54; Nyberg 127); ManMP mrzbʾn /marzbān/ governor of a border district, margrave (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 232); Parth. mrzwpn (Nisa, I BC) < OIr. *marza-pāna- (Khurshudian 1998, 50, 70 f., 181); cf. Av. marəza- border district (AirWb 1153); Arm. LW marzpan (Hübschmann 1895, 193; Nyberg 127). — Talm. Aram. mrzbnʾ margrave (Telegdi 247, 93); Arab. marzubān vicegerent, provincial governor, satrap. As regards the MP suffixoid -bān see § 9.3.2. See also Nöldeke 1879, 446; Spiegel 1871–1878, III 630; Christensen 1944, 311; Widengren 1976, 271; 68; 78 f.; Gignoux 1984 ● margrave J St 47, 23; MAMQ 5u; AS 3, 206, 28; Joh Eph 98, 9; of the town PO 9, 625, 11; bushel Bh LSt 66, 7 ◆ LS 404a; Lagarde AS § 1455; Hoffmann 1880, 64