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From marzpan + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
marzpanate
Today it means: a border province of the Sassanian Empire ruled by the marzpan Full definition →
Today it means: a border province of the Sassanian Empire ruled by the marzpan Full definition →
From marzpan + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.