دربند

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Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دربند (darband).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

دَرْبَنْد (darbandf

  1. Derbent (a city in Dagestan)

Azerbaijani

Noun

دربند

  1. Arabic spelling of dərbənd

Proper noun

دربند

  1. Arabic spelling of Dərbənd

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دربند (darband), from در (dar, door, gate, passage) +‎ بند (band, band, tie, fastening), literally bar of a door.

Noun

دربند (derbend, derbent, dervent)

  1. (geography) narrows, pass; a narrow place where one may cross when travelling
    Synonym: گچید (geçit)
  2. derbend, a small fort or outpost at a remote, usually mountainous location

Usage notes

The pronunciation derbend was the most formal, derbent less formal, and dervent was used in colloquial speech and thence passed to most Balkan languages, according to Georgiev mostly through Greek δερβένι (dervéni) to account for the loss of the final -t in Bulgarian дерве́н (dervén), Macedonian дервен (derven), Serbo-Croatian дѐрвен.

Derived terms

  • دربندجی (derbendci, derbentçi, derventçi, derbendci, irregular soldier or custom-house officer stationed at a pass)

Descendants

Adjective

دربند (derbend, derbent)

  1. in bonds, captive, chained

Descendants

Proper noun

دربند (Derbend, Derbent)

  1. Various places in Turkey.
  2. Derbent (a city in Dagestan)

Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology

From در (dar, door, gate, passage) +‎ بند (band, band, tie, fastening).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? darband
Dari reading? darband
Iranian reading? darband
Tajik reading? darband

Noun

Dari دربند
Iranian Persian
Tajik дарбанд

دربند (darband)

  1. bar of a door, bolt
  2. a barrier
  3. a narrow and difficult pass through mountains, canyon, gorge
  4. a road dangerous on account of banditti
  5. an arm of the sea
  6. a place where there is good wine
  7. a ferryman
  8. a captive

Descendants

Adjective

Dari دربند
Iranian Persian
Tajik дарбанд

دربند (darband)

  1. bound, fettered

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: دربند (derbend, derbent)

Proper noun

Dari دربند
Iranian Persian
Tajik Дарбанд

دربند (darband)

  1. Derbent (a city in Dagestan)
  2. Darband (a town in Tajikistan)

Derived terms

Descendants

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