Etymology

Marinid

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Today it means: A member of a dynasty of Zenata Berber descent that ruled Morocco from the 13th to the 15th century. Full definition →

Arabic بنو مرين
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  1. Arabic · derived fromبنو مرين“sons of Marin”
  2. English todayMarinid

From Marin + -id, a calque of Arabic بنو مرين (Banū Marīn, “sons of Marin”), from their supposed progenitor Marin ibn Wartajan al-Zenati.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.