دربند

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دربند (darband, “mountain or road pass, narrows”), which is from در (dar, “door”) +‎ بند (band, “band, knot, tie”) (i.e. literally: "barred gate").

Noun

دربند • (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 derbent is more formal, whereas 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 (derbentçi, derventçi, “derbendci, irregular soldier or custom-house officer stationed at a pass”)

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