مریانج

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مریانج

Alternative forms edit

(maryâne) (Hamadan dialect)
(margâne) (Maryanaj dialect)

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian *‫‪margānag, from Old Persian *‫‪margā + [Term?] (/⁠-ānag‬‬⁠/); compare Middle Persian [script needed] (mlw' /⁠marw⁠/, “plant”), Parthian [script needed] (mrg /⁠mar‫‪γ‬‬⁠/, “prairie”), Sogdian [script needed] (mrg /⁠mar‫‪γ‬‬⁠/, “prairie”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀 (mar^əγa‬‬, “plant”), Persian (marğ, “plant”).

The variant (maryâne) (Hamadan dialect) is influenced by Middle Persian. The variant (margâne) (Maryanaj dialect) is an older form influenced by Northwestern Middle Iranian languages.

Proper noun edit

مریانج • (maryânaj)

Maryanaj, city in Hamadan province of Iran

References edit

احدیان, م. (2010). Morphological survey of Hamedan's Toponyms. زبان و زبان‌شناسی, 6(12), 129-148.