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Маржан
“pearl-like”
Маржан (Marjan) is a feminine given name from Arabic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Kazakh.
Kazakh and Russian and inhWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Marjan.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Маржан goes back to Classical Syriac ܡܪܰܓܳܢ (margān), meaning “pearl-like.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Маржан comes from Arabic, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Arabic مَرْجَان, from Classical Syriac ܡܪܰܓܳܢ (margān, “pearl-like”), from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (“pearl”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Маржан’s family of names
In Kazakh usage, Маржан can be written in the Roman alphabet as Marjan. In Russian usage, Маржан has a conventional equivalent in the East Circassian form Мэржан.
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Spellings & scripts 1
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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