Մծբին

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian Մծբին (Mcbin).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Մծբին • (Mcbin)

  1. Nisibis

Declension

References

  • Barseġyan, Hovhannes (2006) “Ašxarhagrakan anunneri hayeren taṙadarjutʻyan masin orošum [A Decision on Armenian Transcription of Geographic Names]”, in Terminabanakan ew uġġagrakan teġekatu [Terminological and Orthographic Reference Book] (in Armenian), 6th edition, Yerevan: 9-rd hrashalik, →ISBN, page 52

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܢܨܝܒܝܢ (Nṣibin).

Proper noun

Մծբին • (Mcbin)

  1. Nisibis
    • 7th century, Socrates Scholasticus, Ecclesiastical History 55:[1][2]
      [] լուծին զպատերազմն զի տային զՄիջագետս եւ զՄծբին քաղաք ի Պարսս։
      [] lucin zpaterazmn zi tayin zMiǰagets ew zMcbin kʻałakʻ i Parss.
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        They ended the war by surrendering Mesopotamia and the city of Nisibis to the Persians.

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: Մծբին (Mcbin)

References

  1. Tēr Movsēsean M., editor (1897), Sokratay Skʻolastikosi Ekełecʻakan patmutʻiwn ew Patmutʻiwn varucʻ Srboyn Siłbestrosi episkoposin Hṙovmay, Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 274
  2. Thomson, Robert W. (2001) The Armenian Adaptation of the Ecclesiastical History of Socrates Scholasticus (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 3), translation of the Armenian text and commentary, Leuven: Peeters, page 100

Further reading

  • Anonymous disciples of Mxitʻar Sebastacʻi (1769) “Մծբին”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʻ [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary of Proper Names] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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