دربند

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دربند (darband).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dar.band/

Proper noun

دَرْبَنْد • (darband) f

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

• Turkish: derbent (noun) (obsolete)
  • ⇒ Turkish: derbentçi (noun) (historical)
• → Greek: δερβένι n (dervéni)
  • ⇒ Greek: δερβενάκι n (dervenáki) (rare), δερβέναγας m (dervénagas)
  • → Bulgarian: дерве́н m (dervén), дерве́нт m (dervént) (obsolete)
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: дервентджия m (derventdžija) (historical)
  • → Macedonian: дервен m (derven)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: (obsolete)

    Cyrillic script: дѐрвен

    Latin script: dèrven

• → English: derbend (noun) (dated)
• → Romanian: dervent
• → Serbo-Croatian: (obsolete)

  Cyrillic script: дѐрбент

  Latin script: dèrbent

Adjective

دربند • (derbend, derbent)

1. in bonds, captive, chained

Descendants

• Turkish: derbent (obsolete)

Proper noun

دربند • (Derbend, Derbent)

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

Descendants

• Turkish: Derbent
• → English: Derbend, Derbent
• → French: Derbend, Derbent
• → German: Derbend, Derbent
• → Russian: Дербе́нд (Derbénd), Дербе́нт (Derbént)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دربند”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 894
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دربند”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 567
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “derbent”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дервен”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 344

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [daɾ.ˈbanð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.bǽn̪d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.bǽn̪d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.bǽn̪d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.bǽn̪d̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æɹ.bǽn̪d̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.bǽn̪d̪]

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

• → Azerbaijani: dərbənd
• → Ottoman Turkish: دربند (derbend, derbent, dervent) (see there for further descendants)
• → Turkmen: derbent
• → Uzbek: darband

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

• دربندی (darbandi)

Descendants

• → Arabic: دَرْبَنْد (darband)
• → Azerbaijani: Dərbənd
• → English: Darband
• → Ottoman Turkish: دربند (Derbend, Derbent)
  • Turkish: Derbent
  • → English: Derbend, Derbent
  • → French: Derbend, Derbent
  • → German: Derbend, Derbent
  • → Russian: Дербе́нд (Derbénd), Дербе́нт (Derbént)
• → Uzbek: Darband

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دربند”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul