مرطبان
Arabic edit
Alternative forms edit
- بَرْطَمَان (barṭamān)
Etymology edit
From Mon [Term?], a small port town in Burma today called Mottama, the name of which, under the reign of the Kingdom of Pegu, in the fifteenth to seventeenth century was used to denote glazed earthenware jars sent to influential persons, Martaban jars. The term came to denote more dissimilar types of jars so that it now means merely mundane canning jars across languages.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
مَرْطَبَان • (marṭabān) m (plural مَرْطَبَانَات (marṭabānāt))
Declension edit
Declension of noun مَرْطَبَان (marṭabān)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | مَرْطَبَان marṭabān |
الْمَرْطَبَان al-marṭabān |
مَرْطَبَان marṭabān |
Nominative | مَرْطَبَانٌ marṭabānun |
الْمَرْطَبَانُ al-marṭabānu |
مَرْطَبَانُ marṭabānu |
Accusative | مَرْطَبَانًا marṭabānan |
الْمَرْطَبَانَ al-marṭabāna |
مَرْطَبَانَ marṭabāna |
Genitive | مَرْطَبَانٍ marṭabānin |
الْمَرْطَبَانِ al-marṭabāni |
مَرْطَبَانِ marṭabāni |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | مَرْطَبَانَيْن marṭabānayn |
الْمَرْطَبَانَيْن al-marṭabānayn |
مَرْطَبَانَيْ marṭabānay |
Nominative | مَرْطَبَانَانِ marṭabānāni |
الْمَرْطَبَانَانِ al-marṭabānāni |
مَرْطَبَانَا marṭabānā |
Accusative | مَرْطَبَانَيْنِ marṭabānayni |
الْمَرْطَبَانَيْنِ al-marṭabānayni |
مَرْطَبَانَيْ marṭabānay |
Genitive | مَرْطَبَانَيْنِ marṭabānayni |
الْمَرْطَبَانَيْنِ al-marṭabānayni |
مَرْطَبَانَيْ marṭabānay |
Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | مَرْطَبَانَات marṭabānāt |
الْمَرْطَبَانَات al-marṭabānāt |
مَرْطَبَانَات marṭabānāt |
Nominative | مَرْطَبَانَاتٌ marṭabānātun |
الْمَرْطَبَانَاتُ al-marṭabānātu |
مَرْطَبَانَاتُ marṭabānātu |
Accusative | مَرْطَبَانَاتٍ marṭabānātin |
الْمَرْطَبَانَاتِ al-marṭabānāti |
مَرْطَبَانَاتِ marṭabānāti |
Genitive | مَرْطَبَانَاتٍ marṭabānātin |
الْمَرْطَبَانَاتِ al-marṭabānāti |
مَرْطَبَانَاتِ marṭabānāti |
Further reading edit
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “مرطبان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 4, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 582
- Simões, Sara (2010) “A brief study concerning martaban jars”, in Sila Tripati, editor, Maritime Contacts of the Past: Deciphering Connections amongst Communities[2], New Delhi: Delta Book World, →ISBN