مَرْزُبَانٌ
1.
[A satrap; or] a great man, or chief, (A, Mgh, K,) of the Persians: (S, Mgh, K:) or a courageous cavalier who is set over a people, under a king: (TA:) it is said, on the authority of As, that the chief of the
عَجَم [here meaning Persians] was called مَرْزُبَانٌ and مَزْرُبَانٌ: (IB, TA:) مرزبان is an arabicized word, (S, Mgh,) [originally Persian,] used anciently: (Shifá el-Ghaleel, TA:) plural مَرَازِبَةٌ. (S, A, Mgh, K.) Hence, [and from مَرَازِبَةٌ as plural of مِرْزَبَةٌ,] the saying, أَعُوذُ بِاللّٰهِ مِنَ المَرَازِبَةِ وَمَا بِأَيْدِيهِمْ مِنَ المَرَازِبَةِ [I seek protection by God from the satraps, and the iron batoons that are in their hands]. (A.)
2.
And hence, (S Mgh,) مَرْزُبَانُ الرَّأْرَةِ, (S, Mgh, K,) [lit. The chief of the forest, or the like,] the latter word meaning الأَجَمَةِ, (Mgh, TA,) and also pronounced الزَّارَةِ; (Mgh;) an appellation of the lion; (S, Mgh, K;) and so
المَرْزُبَانِىُّ; for which ElMufaddal said المَزْبَرَانِىُّ, as referring to the زُبْرَة of the lion; but As disallowed this. (S.)