Mervian

English

Etymology

From Merv +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Mervian (comparative more Mervian, superlative most Mervian)

1. (now chiefly historical) Of or related to Merv, the oasis and city of Mary, Uzbekistan.
   • 1893, anonymous trans. of Jules Verne, Claudius Bombarnac, Ch. 10:

     We have entered the Mervian oasis, eighty miles long and eight wide, and containing about six hundred thousand hectares...

Noun

Mervian (plural Mervians)

1. (now chiefly historical) A person of Merv.
   • 1884' June 10, "The Russians and Merv", Brisbane Courier, p. 3:

     The circumstances of the submission of the Mervians are furnished by the World, a small newspaper owned and edited by M. Komaroff, late chief of General Tchernaieff's staff in Servia...