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Arbayistan

Arbayistan proper noun: an eastern Sassanian border province in Late Antiquity, corresponding to the Upper Mesopotamia excluding Osrhoene, bordering Adiabene in the east, Armenia in the north and Asuristan in the south.

Proper noun

Arbayistan (uncountable)

  1. (historical) an eastern Sassanian border province in Late Antiquity, corresponding to the Upper Mesopotamia excluding Osrhoene, bordering Adiabene in the east, Armenia in the north and Asuristan in the south

Forms of Arbayistan

alternative formArbayestan

Origin of Arbayistan

From Middle Persian [Term?], from the Aramaic variant of the name of the Arabs, which, along with various other ethnic groups, constituted the population of the province. Compare Classical Syriac ܒܝܬ ܥܪܒܝܐ (Bêṯ ʿArəḇāyē) and Old Armenian Արուաստան (Aruastan).

Questions about Arbayistan

What does Arbayistan mean?
Arbayistan means an eastern Sassanian border province in Late Antiquity, corresponding to the Upper Mesopotamia excluding Osrhoene, bordering Adiabene in the east, Armenia in the north and Asuristan in the south.
What part of speech is Arbayistan?
Arbayistan is a proper noun.

Words near Arbayistan in the dictionary

  1. arbannes
  2. arbaprostil
  3. arbas
  4. Arbaugh
  5. Arbaughs
  6. Arbayistan
  7. arbcom
  8. ARBD
  9. arbeal
  10. arbed
  11. arbekacin

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