مَرْزُبَانٌ

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مَرْزُبَانٌ [A satrap; or] a great man, or chief, of the Persians: or a courageous cavalier who is set over a people, under a king: it is said, on the authority of As, that the chief of the عَجَم [here meaning Persians] was called مَرْزُبَانٌ and مَزْرُبَانٌ: مرزبان is an arabicized word, [originally Persian,] used anciently: pl. مَرَازِبَةٌ. Hence, [and from مَرَازِبَةٌ as pl. of مِرْزَبَةٌ,] the saying, أَعُوذُ بِٱللّٰهِ مِنَ المَرَازِبَةِ وَمَا بِأَيْدِيهِمْ مِنَ المَرَازِبَةِ [I seek protection by God from the satraps, and the iron batoons that are in their hands].
2 And hence, مَرْزُبَانُ الرَّأْرَةِ, [lit. The chief of the forest, or the like,] the latter word meaning الأَجَمَةِ, and also pronounced الزَّارَةِ; an appellation of the lion; and so المَرْزُبَانِىُّ ; for which ElMufaddal said المَزْبَرَانِىُّ, as referring to the زُبْرَة of the lion; but As disallowed this.

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