مرز

See also: م ر ر

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (mlc /⁠marz⁠/, “boundary, march; (astronomy) term”), from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀 (mar^əza, “frontier”), Proto-Germanic *markō (> English march), and Latin margo. Akin to the Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian մարզ (marz), մարձ (marj), Georgian მაზრა (mazra), Classical Syriac ܡܪܙܐ (marzā).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maɾz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɹz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɹz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäɹz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäɹz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæɹz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɹz]

Readings
Classical reading?	marz
Dari reading?	marz
Iranian reading?	marz
Tajik reading?	marz

Noun

Dari	مرز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	марз

مَرْز • (marz) (plural مرزها (marz-hâ))

1. boundary, border, frontier

   مرز کشور همسایه ― marz-e kešvar-e hamsâye ― border of the neighboring country

   کشور هم مرز ― kešvar-e ham marz ― bordering country

2. region, district

Related terms

• مرزبان (marz-bân, “border guard, marzban”)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մարզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 281–282
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “marz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 54
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “مرز”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1214